[Debconf-devel] Bug#682959: debconf: DbDriver "di_questions": mkdir :No such file or directory [WORKAROUND]

[Eike Lantzsch]

Dear Maintainer,

On Wheezy the following script works fine:

#! /bin/bash
debconf-copydb configdb newbackup --config=Name:newbackup --config=Driver:File \
 --config=Filename:debconf-backup_`date -I`.dat

On Jessie/Testing I get the following error:

Use of uninitialized value $directory in -d at \ 
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 43.
Use of uninitialized value $directory in concatenation (.) or string at \ 
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 44.
debconf: DbDriver "newbackup": mkdir :No such file or directory

Comparing /usr/share/perl5/debconf/DbDriver/File.pm of Wheezy with the same 
file in Jessie shows that the file is missing some lines between line 40 and 44.

I copied File.pm from Wheezy to my Jessie installation and low and behold - 
the debconf backup script works again.

Maybe this can make it still into Jessie while it's frozen.

Thank you for your time
Eike Lantzsch
ZP6CGE