Ubuntu
sympa package

Unable to install sympa with dbconfig-no-thanks

Bug #1576618 reported by EOLE team
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Bug Description

Hello,

I'm trying to install sympa automatically, without database management (done later by another tool), so I installed dbconfig-no-thanks before installing sympa and it fails with the following error :

    Adding system user: sympa.
    /etc/sympa/sympa.conf file has been created
    /etc/sympa/wwsympa.conf file has been created
    Unknown database type .
    dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet sympa (--configure) :
     le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1

I think the sympa postinst should take care of this case, as describe in dbconfig-common documentation.

Regards.

lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

Tags: bionic xenial
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EOLE team (eole-team) wrote :

As reported on dbconfig-common mailing list[1], the code in postinst should be protected by a test.

[1] https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/dbconfig-common-devel/2016-April/000831.html

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EOLE team (eole-team) wrote :

The upgrade of the database should be protected too:

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/sympa.git/tree/debian/sympa.postinst#n398

Regards.

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EOLE team (eole-team) wrote :

The problem exists on Bionic too.

tags: added: bionic
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in sympa (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Mitar (mitar) wrote :

Still present on Jammy.

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Mitar (mitar) wrote :

You can call before installation:

echo sympa sympa/dbconfig-install boolean false | debconf-set-selections

This prevents attempts at database install, but it fails later on when postinst script calls health check.

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Mitar (mitar) wrote :

I was able to install it with:

apt-get update
touch /etc/aliases
echo sympa sympa/listmaster string "<email address hidden>" | debconf-set-selections
apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install dbconfig-sqlite3 sympa

After that you can remove /var/lib/dbconfig-common/sqlite3/sympa.

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