Debian Bug report logs - #665088
php5: Install fails due to errors (dash-isms?) in post-install scripts

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

From: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@ironicdesign.com>

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

Subject: php5: Install fails due to errors (dash-isms?) in post-install scripts

Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:11:32 -0400

Package: php5
Version: 5.4.0
Severity: important

I'm seeing the following on a system when upgrading to 5.4.0-2:

Setting up php5-gd (5.4.0-2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-gd.postinst: line 21: local: can only be used in a function
dpkg: error processing php5-gd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up php5-ldap (5.4.0-2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-ldap.postinst: line 21: local: can only be used in a function
dpkg: error processing php5-ldap (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up php5-imap (5.4.0-2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-imap.postinst: line 21: local: can only be used in a function
dpkg: error processing php5-imap (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I assumed this was a bash-ism that had crept into the scripts being
run on a system with /bin/sh linked to dash, but actually, this system
has /bin/sh linked to bash, so I guess this ends up being a dash-ism.

I simply edited the scripts to remove the 'local' modifiers and they
seem to have run fine, but I could easily see this being confusing to
other users.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Message #10 received at 665088-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org>

To: 665088-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [php-maint] Bug#665088: php5: Install fails due to errors (dash-isms?) in post-install scripts

Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:14:53 +0100

Version: 5.4.0-3

On Thu, March 22, 2012 14:11, Michael Alan Dorman wrote:
> Package: php5
> Version: 5.4.0
> Severity: important
>
> I'm seeing the following on a system when upgrading to 5.4.0-2:
>
> Setting up php5-gd (5.4.0-2) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-gd.postinst: line 21: local: can only be used in a
> function

Thanks - this problem has meanwhile been solved in PHP 5.4.0-3 which will
arrive in testing within a day or two.


Cheers,
Thijs

Message #15 received at 665088@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@ironicdesign.com>

To: 665088@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#665088 closed by "Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org> (Re: [php-maint] Bug#665088: php5: Install fails due to errors (dash-isms?) in post-install scripts)

Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:50:08 -0400

owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the php5 package:
>
> #665088: php5: Install fails due to errors (dash-isms?) in post-install scripts
>
> It has been closed by "Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> better one in a separate message then please contact "Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org> by
> replying to this email.

Oops, sorry if this was a dup---I looked at open bugs, but didn't think
to look at already-closed ones.

Thanks,

Mike.

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