[Letsencrypt-devel] Bug#820049: letsencrypt: error: prepare is a flag but is being set to 'False

[Antoine Beaupré]

Package: letsencrypt
Version: 0.4.1-1~bpo8+1
Severity: normal

I don't quite understand how i got into this situation. I just installed
the letsencrypt package from backport - i was using LE using a
virtualenv built from the git repo ("cf218dd Release 0.3.0") before.

That created a "renewal" file which I am trying to use now:

# letsencrypt -c /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/wiki.reseaulibre.ca.conf --renew-by-default
usage:
  letsencrypt [SUBCOMMAND] [options] [-d domain] [-d domain] ...

The Let's Encrypt agent can obtain and install HTTPS/TLS/SSL certificates.  By
default, it will attempt to use a webserver both for obtaining and installing
the cert. Major SUBCOMMANDS are:

  (default) run        Obtain & install a cert in your current webserver
  certonly             Obtain cert, but do not install it (aka "auth")
  install              Install a previously obtained cert in a server
  renew                Renew previously obtained certs that are near expiry
  revoke               Revoke a previously obtained certificate
  rollback             Rollback server configuration changes made during install
  config_changes       Show changes made to server config during installation
  plugins              Display information about installed plugins
letsencrypt: error: prepare is a flag but is being set to 'False'

There is indeed a "prepare" flag in the config, but it was put there by
the LE client - i certainly didn't customize that file myself, or at
least, not that I remember. Even if I comment out that parameter, a ton
more yield the same error.

A.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (1, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages letsencrypt depends on:
ii  dialog              1.2-20140911-1
ii  python              2.7.9-1
ii  python-letsencrypt  0.4.1-1~bpo8+1
pn  python:any          <none>

letsencrypt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages letsencrypt suggests:
pn  python-letsencrypt-apache  <none>
pn  python-letsencrypt-doc     <none>

-- no debconf information