[Pkg-fedora-ds-maintainers] Bug#682847: Bug#682847: 389-ds-base: fails to install, remove, and install again

[Timo Aaltonen]

On 26.07.2012 12:17, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: 389-ds-base
> Version: 1.2.11.7-4
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
> 
> Hi,
> 
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install,
> remove (but not purge), and install again.
> Before the second installation the package is in config-files-remaining
> state. The configuration is remaining from the last version that was
> successfully configured - which is the same version that is going to be
> installed again.

Interesting, what options did you use for piuparts to test that? Sbuild
with piuparts apparently doesn't test this..

>>From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
> 
>   Selecting previously unselected package 389-ds-base.
>   (Reading database ... 9751 files and directories currently installed.)
>   Unpacking 389-ds-base (from .../389-ds-base_1.2.11.7-4_amd64.deb) ...
>   Setting up 389-ds-base (1.2.11.7-4) ...
>   dpkg: error processing 389-ds-base (--configure):
>    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    389-ds-base
> 
> the I added 'set -x' to the postinst and ran dpkg --confure --pending:
> 
> # dpkg --configure --pending
> Setting up 389-ds-base (1.2.11.7-4) ...
> + set -e
> + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
> + [ !  ]
> + PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
> + export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
> + [  ]
> + exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/389-ds-base.postinst configure 1.2.11.7-4
> locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
> debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76.)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
> + set -e
> + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
> + [ ! 1 ]
> + [ -z  ]
> + exec
> + [  ]
> + exec
> + DEBCONF_REDIR=1
> + export DEBCONF_REDIR
> + CONFIG_DIR=/etc/dirsrv
> + OUT=/dev/null
> + [ configure = configure ]
> + getent passwd dirsrv
> + chown -R dirsrv:dirsrv /etc/dirsrv/ /var/log/dirsrv/ /var/lib/dirsrv/
> + chmod 750 /etc/dirsrv/ /var/log/dirsrv/ /var/lib/dirsrv/
> + [ -n 1.2.11.7-4 ]
> + service dirsrv stop
> + setup-ds -l /dev/null -u -s General.UpdateMode=offline
> dpkg: error processing 389-ds-base (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

yeah, need to fix it to not run the upgrader in this scenario.


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