Debian Bug report logs - #433788
mediawiki1.10: The installation fails in the post-installation script

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alejandro Perez Garcia <alejandropg@autentia.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: mediawiki1.10: The installation fails in the post-installation script

Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:50:03 +0200

Package: mediawiki1.10
Version: 1.10.1-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


I'm trying to install mediawiki1.10 package on Debian unstable. But it
fails in the post-installation script


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21.aca.070711 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mediawiki1.10 depends on:
ii  apache2                       2.2.4-1    Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork [httpd]   2.2.4-1    Traditional model for Apache HTTPD
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.13     Debian configuration management sy
ii  mime-support                  3.39-1     MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  php5                          5.2.3-1    server-side, HTML-embedded scripti
ii  php5-cli                      5.2.3-1+b1 command-line interpreter for the p
ii  php5-mysql                    5.2.3-1+b1 MySQL module for php5

Versions of packages mediawiki1.10 recommends:
ii  mysql-server-5.0 [mysql-serve 5.0.41a-1  MySQL database server binaries

-- debconf information:
  mediawiki1.10/upgrade-adminpass: (password omitted)
  mediawiki1.10/webserver: apache2
  mediawiki1.10/upgrade-adminuser: root
  mediawiki1.10/upgrade:

Message #10 received at 433788@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>

To: 433788@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org, Alejandro Perez Garcia <alejandropg@autentia.com>

Subject: Not reproducible

Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:50:52 +0200

severity 433788 important
tags 433788 unreproducible moreinfo
thanks


	Hi !

I cannot reproduce this bug, please give a way to do so.


Romain
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Message #19 received at 433788@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Wang Xu" <gnawux@gmail.com>

To: 433788@bugs.debian.org

Subject: I met this bug also

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:23:27 +0800

I just install mediawiki on a newly installed machine and met
just like what Alejandro reported.

I extracted the deb and tried to run the script, it returns 1 and
print nothing. the script cannot go through this line:

. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule

and when I try to run this script:

# sh /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
Can't exec "/usr/share/debconf/confmodule": Permission denied at
/usr/share/perl/5.8/IPC/Open3.pm line 168.
open2: exec of /usr/share/debconf/confmodule failed at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 58


-- 
Wang Xu

Message #24 received at 433788@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alejandro Pérez García <alejandropg@autentia.com>

To: Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>

Cc: 433788@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Not reproducible

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:08:59 +0200

Hi

I have good and bad news.

The good news:
I found a workaround. Just install mediawiki1.9 and then mediawiki1.10. All 
looks correct, and after install mediawiki1.10 you can purge mediawiki1.9 if 
you want.

The bad news:
The problem is still there and it is reproducible in a clean environment (this 
is de key). I tested it in other new machine and I got the same error 
message. So I think the bug should not be closed yet.

I think could be some dependency in the configuration scripts, that try to 
access something in a previous installation.


During the configuration process the Apache2 is not configured either. The 
config file is copied in /etc/mediawiki1.10/apache.conf, but you have link it 
from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ or link /var/www/mediawiki 
with /var/lib/mediawiki1.10 (or something like this).

I think this should be done automatically or warning the user during 
installation.


Regards.

Message #29 received at 433788@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>

To: Alejandro Pérez García <alejandropg@autentia.com>, 433788@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#433788: Not reproducible

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:21:16 +0200

Le Friday 20 July 2007 14:08:59 Alejandro Pérez García, vous avez écrit :
> I think could be some dependency in the configuration scripts, that try to
> access something in a previous installation.

The last comment was very usefull, I'll try to dig the issue, but I begin to 
think it's more debconf related..

> During the configuration process the Apache2 is not configured either. The
> config file is copied in /etc/mediawiki1.10/apache.conf, but you have link
> it from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ or link /var/www/mediawiki
> with /var/lib/mediawiki1.10 (or something like this).
>
> I think this should be done automatically or warning the user during
> installation.

Nope, the apache configuration is linked 
at /etc/apache2/conf.d/mediawiki1.10.conf

Warning to user through debconf are often considered as a debconf abuse..

Romain

Message #34 received at 433788@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>

To: "Wang Xu" <gnawux@gmail.com>, 433788@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#433788: I met this bug also

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:35:05 +0200

severity 433788 serious
tags 433788 - unreproducible moreinfo
thanks


Le Friday 20 July 2007 07:23:27 Wang Xu, vous avez écrit :
> I just install mediawiki on a newly installed machine and met
> just like what Alejandro reported.

Bug confirmed, I can reproduce it with a clean chroot..

> I extracted the deb and tried to run the script, it returns 1 and
> print nothing. the script cannot go through this line:
>
> . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
>
> and when I try to run this script:
>
> # sh /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
> Can't exec "/usr/share/debconf/confmodule": Permission denied at
> /usr/share/perl/5.8/IPC/Open3.pm line 168.
> open2: exec of /usr/share/debconf/confmodule failed at
> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 58

The script cannot be run that way, it must be embedded in a maintainer 
script..

I'll correct the part of maintainer script I think is the culprit.



Romain

Message #43 received at 433788-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>

To: 433788-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#433788: fixed in mediawiki1.10 1.10.1-2

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:17:04 +0000

Source: mediawiki1.10
Source-Version: 1.10.1-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mediawiki1.10, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

mediawiki1.10-math_1.10.1-2_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/m/mediawiki1.10/mediawiki1.10-math_1.10.1-2_amd64.deb
mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/m/mediawiki1.10/mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2.diff.gz
mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2.dsc
  to pool/main/m/mediawiki1.10/mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2.dsc
mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2_all.deb
  to pool/main/m/mediawiki1.10/mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 433788@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org> (supplier of updated mediawiki1.10 package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.7
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:30:47 +0200
Source: mediawiki1.10
Binary: mediawiki1.10-math mediawiki1.10
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 1.10.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Mediawiki Maintenance Team <pkg-mediawiki-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>
Description: 
 mediawiki1.10 - website engine for collaborative work
 mediawiki1.10-math - math rendering plugin for MediaWiki
Closes: 433788
Changes: 
 mediawiki1.10 (1.10.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Corrected maintainer scripts
   Closes: #433788
Files: 
 9636168be5fced0ab99e7c7b29252949 900 web optional mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2.dsc
 43bb6d0973432e81d0b79404aef8a6e8 27976 web optional mediawiki1.10_1.10.1-2.diff.gz
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