Andreas Beckmann <deb...@abeckmann.de> > WTF is this (found in the prerm script)? > > if [ ! -f "$HOME/.odbc.ini" ]; then > REMOVE_ODBC_INI=true > fi > odbcinst -u -s -l -n VOS || true > # The previous odbcinst command may create the file $HOME/.odbc.ini > # if it didn't exist previously, leaving unowned files after > removing # the package, so we remove the .odbc.ini if it's neccesary, see: > # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677286 > if [ -n "$REMOVE_ODBC_INI" ]; then > rm -f $HOME/.odbc.ini > fi
That is my lack of unix wizardry. You may find it disturbing. > > You cannot rely on $HOME ! > If you have something that messes around in /root, > set HOME to a temporary directory: > > INSTDIR=`mktemp -d` > HOME=$INSTDIR stupid-command-messing-around-in-slash-root > if [ -n $INSTDIR ]; then rm -rf $INSTDIR; fi That indeed would be the correct implementation, instead of what I did. > If you have something that does not respect $HOME, fix it. > And odbcinst is such an insanity: > > # HOME=/fooo odbcinst -u -s -l -n VOS > odbcinst: DSN removed (if it existed at all). ODBC_BOTH_DSN was used as the > search path. # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/root/.odbc.ini count=1 > # HOME=/fooo odbcinst -u -s -l -n VOS > odbcinst: SQLRemoveDSNFromIni failed with Unable to find component name. Thank you very much. I think you have just pasted above two evidences of the real problem: it's not that it does the same as "touch /root/.odbc.ini" (which would be somewhat harmless), it's just that the -l option is being ignored. Therefore I changed again the prerm script to execute odbcinst setting the ODBCSEARCH env var, which should override the options given in the command line. I have prepared package with the intended fix, would you be so kind to test it again in your piuparts stuff? it's available temporarily here: http://alioth.debian.org/~santa-guest/packages/virtuoso-odbcinst-bug/ for the record, I'm attaching the debdiff against the -2 version. If it's more convenient for you I could even upload it and hope for the best. Thanks.
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