Public bug reported: There appears to be a bug in dbapps-lib when configuring mysql on a remote machine. The offending line is:
echo $sql | mysql ${dbc_dbserver:+-h $dbc_dbserver} ${dbc_dbserver:--h localhost} ${dbc_dbport:+--port $dbc_dbport} -u $dbc_dbuser -p$dbc_dbpass $dbc_dbname -s || run_sql_fail $dbc_dbtype If dbc_dbserver is defined then.. ${dbc_dbserver:+-h $dbc_dbserver} evaluates to "-h $dbcserver" and ${dbc_dbserver:--h localhost} evaluates to "$dbcserver" causing the mysql connect string to contain the remote hostname twice and causing the connection to fail with a mysql syntax error. I wrote the following which seems to fix the issue: === modified file 'dbapps-lib' --- dbapps-lib 2012-05-10 20:06:30 +0000 +++ dbapps-lib 2012-05-10 20:09:02 +0000 @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ ERR= case $dbc_dbtype in mysql ) - echo $sql | mysql ${dbc_dbserver:+-h $dbc_dbserver} ${dbc_dbserver:--h localhost} ${dbc_dbport:+--port $dbc_dbport} -u $dbc_dbuser -p$dbc_dbpass $dbc_dbname -s || run_sql_fail $dbc_dbtype + l_dbc_dbserver=${dbc_dbserver:- localhost} + echo $sql | mysql -h ${l_dbc_dbserver} ${dbc_dbport:+--port $dbc_dbport} -u $dbc_dbuser -p$dbc_dbpass $dbc_dbname -s || run_sql_fail $dbc_dbtype ;; pgsql ) if [ -z "${dbc_dbserver}" ]; then This is my environment: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy phpbb3 phpbb3: Installed: 3.0.9-1 Candidate: 3.0.9-1 Version table: *** 3.0.9-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: phpbb3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997782 Title: Bug in dbapps-lib when configuring mysql on a remote machine To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpbb3/+bug/997782/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs