On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 02:50:15PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:52:57PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > Package: request-tracker3.6
> > Version: 3.6.7-3
> > Severity: serious
> >
> > request-tracker3.6 uses debconf as a registry to detect which db
> > informations are available. The debconf data is volatile and therefor
> > not possible to be used in this way.
>
> The debconf information (rt3.6-db-*/available) is only
> used on new installations or upgrades with an unmodified
> /etc/request-tracker3.6/RT_SiteConfig.pm.
>
> The aim was (of course) to aid the administrator by offering only the
> possible database choices. This is particularly hard to do otherwise in
> the preconfiguration case, where there is no other information source
> available because the rt3.6-db-* packages are usually not installed yet,
> only preconfigured.
The attached patch simply ignores the debconf settings if a db backend
package is already installed or selected for installation. This means
the debconf information will only be used for preconfiguration.
I think this is enough to fix the bug, but please let me know if you
disagree.
--
Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED]
diff --git a/debian/config b/debian/config
index fbe8774..4bbc8c2 100755
--- a/debian/config
+++ b/debian/config
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ if [ -f /usr/share/dbconfig-common/dpkg/config ]; then
pkg=rt3.6-db-sqlite
;;
esac
- db_get ${pkg}/available || true
- if [ "$RET" = "true" ]
- then
+ if dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}\n' $pkg 2>/dev/null | \
+ grep -q '^install \| installed$' || \
+ ( db_get ${pkg}/available && [ "$RET" = "true" ] ); then
dbc_dbtypes="${dbc_dbtypes}, $dbtype"
fi
dbc_dbtypes=$(echo $dbc_dbtypes | sed 's/^, //')
