[pkg-firebird-general] Bug#470238: firebird2.0 super on debian stable using backports

[Damyan Ivanov]

Package: firebird2.0-super
Version: 2.0.3.12981.ds1-2
Severity: grave

-=| marius popa, Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 04:32:42PM +0200 |=-
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > -=| marius popa, Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 11:52:58AM +0200 |=-
> > > Setting up firebird2.0-super (2.0.3.12981.ds1-5~bpo40+1) ...
> > > adduser: Warning: that home directory does not belong to the user you
> > are
> > > currently creating.
> > > Created default security.fdb
> > > Unable to complete network request to host "localhost".
> > > Failed to establish a connection.
> > > Connection refused
> > > unable to open database
> > > dpkg: error processing firebird2.0-super (--configure):
> > >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  firebird2.0-super
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > >
> > >
> > >  sudo /etc/init.d/firebird2.0-super start
> > > * Not starting Firebird 2.0 server manager
> > > * Use `dpkg-reconfigure firebird2.0-super' to enable.
> >
> > Thanks for testing.
> >
> > I guess what you'd expect is:
> >
> > 1) be asked whether to enable firebird server at startup
> > 2) do no try to set sysdba password (or even ask for it) when firebird
> > server is not enabled
> >
> > Does this look satisfactory?
> 
> 
> ok it asked me when i installed but it failed to start see the first error

I traced the source of the error. It exisits, it is grave. I am very
surprised that no one found it almost three months.

The reason for the failure is an excessive cleanup after abandoning the
idea of supportingmultiple firebird vesions being installed at the same
time. the postinst script never asks if you want to enable the server,
but tries to change sysdba's password. As the server is not started, it
fails.

The fix is to ask for, and attempt to change the password only the
server is enabled and only after it has been started.

I'll produce fixed packages soon and present them for testing.
Meanwhile, I a filing a bug to the BTS so that others are aware.

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