I went on this bug report where Andreas adds a debconf template as part of his patch to fix the RC issue.
I'd like to recommend following the writing style in the Developer's Reference and remove the dot at the end of the new template short description and turn the new template into an "error" template. See attached patch. I can sponsor an upload if needed. --
diff -ur acidbase-1.2.6/debian/changelog acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/changelog
--- acidbase-1.2.6/debian/changelog 2006-11-22 14:15:21.000000000 +0100
+++ acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/changelog 2006-11-22 14:07:31.000000000
+0100
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+acidbase (1.2.6-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * NMU
+ * Recommend mysql-client and postgresql-client.
+ * Check for available db client in during package config. (Closes: #398619)
+ * Show a helpful note when no db client is available and safely abort.
+
+ -- Andreas Henriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:05:42 +0100
+
acidbase (1.2.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release.
diff -ur acidbase-1.2.6/debian/config acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/config
--- acidbase-1.2.6/debian/config 2006-11-22 14:15:21.000000000 +0100
+++ acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/config 2006-11-22 14:10:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,8 +3,30 @@
# Source debconf library.
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+# check for available db clients
+MYSQLCLIENT=0
+PSQLCLIENT=0
+
+if which mysql >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+ MYSQLCLIENT=1
+fi
+if which psql >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+ PSQLCLIENT=1
+fi
+
+if [ "$MYSQLCLIENT" = "1" ] && [ "$PSQLCLIENT" = "1" ]; then
+ dbc_dbtypes="mysql, pgsql"
+elif [ "$MYSQLCLIENT" = "1" ]; then
+ dbc_dbtypes="mysql"
+elif [ "$PSQLCLIENT" = "1" ]; then
+ dbc_dbtypes="pgsql"
+else
+ db_input high acidbase/manualdb
+ db_go
+ exit 0
+fi
+
# source dbconfig-common stuff
-dbc_dbtypes="mysql, pgsql"
dbc_dbuser="snort"
dbc_dbname="snort"
diff -ur acidbase-1.2.6/debian/control acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/control
--- acidbase-1.2.6/debian/control 2006-11-22 14:15:21.000000000 +0100
+++ acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/control 2006-11-22 14:05:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
Package: acidbase
Architecture: all
Depends: ${misc:Depends}, dbconfig-common, php5 | php4 | php5-cli | php4-cli,
php5-gd | php4-gd, libphp-adodb (>= 4.62), php-image-graph, libwww-perl
+Recommends: mysql-client, postgresql-client
Suggests: snort-mysql | snort-pgsql
Description: Basic Analysis and Security Engine
BASE is based on the code from the Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases
diff -ur acidbase-1.2.6/debian/postinst acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/postinst
--- acidbase-1.2.6/debian/postinst 2006-11-22 14:15:21.000000000 +0100
+++ acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/postinst 2006-11-22 14:11:15.000000000
+0100
@@ -3,8 +3,29 @@
# debconf
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+# check for available db clients
+MYSQLCLIENT=0
+PSQLCLIENT=0
+
+if which mysql >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+ MYSQLCLIENT=1
+fi
+if which psql >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+ PSQLCLIENT=1
+fi
+
+if [ "$MYSQLCLIENT" = "1" ] && [ "$PSQLCLIENT" = "1" ]; then
+ dbc_dbtypes="mysql, pgsql"
+elif [ "$MYSQLCLIENT" = "1" ]; then
+ dbc_dbtypes="mysql"
+elif [ "$PSQLCLIENT" = "1" ]; then
+ dbc_dbtypes="pgsql"
+else
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+#
# source dbconfig-common stuff
-dbc_dbtypes="mysql, pgsql"
. /usr/share/dbconfig-common/dpkg/postinst
dbc_generate_include="php:/etc/acidbase/database.php"
dbc_generate_include_owner="root:www-data"
diff -ur acidbase-1.2.6/debian/templates acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/templates
--- acidbase-1.2.6/debian/templates 2006-11-22 14:15:21.000000000 +0100
+++ acidbase-1.2.6.fixed/debian/templates 2006-11-22 14:14:28.000000000
+0100
@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@
_Description: NOTE: Manual configuration required
You will need to go to http://localhost/acidbase first to force the
database modifications for BASE.
+
+Template: acidbase/manualdb
+Type: error
+_Description: No database client found
+ Configuration of database settings can't be completed since there's no
+ database client available. Please install atleast one of "mysql-client"
+ and/or "postgresql-client". You can then rerun the configuration by
+ running the command "dpkg-reconfigure acidbase".
+ Acidbase configuration will now abort...
+
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