[pkg-bacula-devel] Bug#944763: bacula: The database postgres/sqlite/mysql is not created at installation

[Johnny Geling]

Hello,

It also occurs with the stretch package, bacula version 7.4.4

/var/log/apt/term.log

Install: bacula-server:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1), bacula-fd:armhf 
(9.4.2-1~bpo9+1, automatic), bacula-sd:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1), 
bacula-common:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1, automatic), mtx:armhf (1.3.12-10, 
automatic), bacula-common-pgsql:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1, automatic), 
bacula-director:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1, automatic), bacula-bscan:armhf 
(9.4.2-1~bpo9+1, automatic), postgresql-client:armhf (9.6+181+deb9u2, 
automatic), bacula-client:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1), 
bacula-director-pgsql:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1, automatic), 
bacula-console:armhf (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1, automatic)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

/var/log/apt/history.log

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Setting up bacula-common (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...
Setting up bacula-fd (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...

Creating config file /etc/default/bacula-fd with new version

Creating config file /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf with new version
Created symlink 
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bacula-fd.service → 
/lib/systemd/system/bacula-fd.service.
Setting up bacula-console (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...
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/etc/bacula/bconsole.conf is   │ (B│ 
available, but the version installed currently has been locally 
modified.                                       │ 
(B│ │ (B│ What 
do you want to do about modified configuration file bconsole.conf? 
│ (B│ │ 
(B│ install the package maintainer's version 
│ (B│ keep the local 
version currently installed                 │ 
(B│ show the differences between the versions 
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(B│ Old file: /dev/null │ 
(B│ New file: 
/tmp/bacula-console.conf.ucftmp-xww5pnyHQh root.bacula 0640 2019-11-14 
13:05:10  │ (B│ │ 
(B│  > # │ 
(B│  > # Bacula User Agent (or Console) 
Configuration File                                     │ 
(B│  > # │ 
(B│  > # Copyright (C) 2000-2015 Kern Sibbald 
│ (B│  > # License: BSD 2-Clause; 
see file LICENSE-FOSS │ (B│  > # 
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(B│  > Director { │ 
(B│  > Name = server_new-dir │ 
(B│  > DIRport = 9101 │ 
(B│  > address = localhost │ 
(B│  > Password = 
"vx3m9Gm9dmA4Rrf_rox4Dh7OXv3TAKXvx" │ 
(B│  > } │ (B│ 
│ (B│ <Ok> 
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(BPackage 
configuration┌─────────────────────────────────────────┤ 
Modified configuration file 
├─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ A new version 
(/tmp/bacula-console.conf.ucftmp-xww5pnyHQh) of configuration file 
/etc/bacula/bconsole.conf is   │ (B│ 
available, but the version installed currently has been locally 
modified.                                       │ 
(B│ │ (B│ What 
do you want to do about modified configuration file bconsole.conf? 
│ (B│ │ 
(B│ install the package maintainer's version 
│ (B│ keep the local 
version currently installed                 │ 
(B│ show the differences between the versions 
│ (B│ show a side-by-side difference 
between the versions                                   │ 
(B│                           show a 3-way 
difference between available versions                                    
│ (B│                           do a 
3-way merge between available versions 
(experimental)                            │ 
(B│                           start a new shell to 
examine the situation │ (B│ 
│ (B│ │ 
(B│ <Ok> │ (B│ 
│ 
(B└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 
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version                  keep the local version 
currently installed                install the package 
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(BPackage 
configuration┌───────────────────────────┤ 
Modified configuration file 
├────────────────────────────┐│ │ 
(B│ Line by line differences between versions 
│ (B│ │ 
(B│ --- /dev/null │ 
(B│ +++ /tmp/bacula-console.conf.ucftmp-xww5pnyHQh 
root.bacula 0640 2019-11-14 13:05:10  │ 
(B│ @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ │ 
(B│ +# │ (B│ 
+# Bacula User Agent (or Console) Configuration File │ 
(B│ +# │ (B│ 
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2015 Kern Sibbald │ 
(B│ +# License: BSD 2-Clause; see file 
LICENSE-FOSS                                      │ 
(B│ +# │ (B│ + 
│ (B│ +Director { │ 
(B│ + Name = server_new-dir │ 
(B│ + DIRport = 9101 │ 
(B│ + address = localhost │ 
(B│ + Password = 
"vx3m9Gm9dmA4Rrf_rox4Dh7OXv3TAKXvx" │ 
(B│ +} │ (B│ 
│ (B│ <Ok> 
│ (B│ │ 
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(BPackage 
configuration┌─────────────────────────────────────────┤ 
Modified configuration file 
├─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ A new version 
(/tmp/bacula-console.conf.ucftmp-xww5pnyHQh) of configuration file 
/etc/bacula/bconsole.conf is   │ (B│ 
available, but the version installed currently has been locally 
modified.                                       │ 
(B│ │ (B│ What 
do you want to do about modified configuration file bconsole.conf? 
│ (B│ │ 
(B│ install the package maintainer's version 
│ (B│ keep the local 
version currently installed                 │ 
(B│ show the differences between the versions 
│ (B│ show a side-by-side difference 
between the versions                                   │ 
(B│                           show a 3-way 
difference between available versions                                    
│ (B│                           do a 
3-way merge between available versions 
(experimental)                            │ 
(B│                           start a new shell to 
examine the situation │ (B│ 
│ (B│ │ 
(B│ <Ok> │ (B│ 
│ 
(B└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 
 (Binstall the package maintainer's 
version                  keep the local version 
currently installed [?12l[?25h(B

[?1049lReplacing config file /etc/bacula/bconsole.conf with new version
Processing triggers for systemd (232-25+deb9u12) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Setting up mtx (1.3.12-10) ...
Setting up bacula-common-pgsql (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...
Setting up bacula-sd (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...

Creating config file /etc/default/bacula-sd with new version

Creating config file /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf with new version
Created symlink 
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bacula-sd.service → 
/lib/systemd/system/bacula-sd.service.
Setting up bacula-client (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...
Setting up bacula-bscan (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...
Setting up bacula-director-pgsql (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...
Setting up bacula-director (9.4.2-1~bpo9+1) ...

Creating config file /etc/default/bacula-dir with new version
/var/lib/dpkg/info/bacula-director.postinst: 39: .: Can't open 
/usr/share/bacula-common/dbc_database.conf
dpkg: error processing package bacula-director (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bacula-server:
  bacula-server depends on bacula-director (>= 9.4.2-1~bpo9+1); however:
   Package bacula-director is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package bacula-server (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (232-25+deb9u12) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
  bacula-director
  bacula-server
Log ended: 2019-11-14  13:06:16

I purged the packages and reinstalled it. All the same effect.
Could it be something else is broken? Something in Apt or Debconf?

Johnny

Sven Hartge schreef op 15/11/2019 om 00:08:
> On 14.11.19 23:34, Johnny wrote:
>
>>     * What led up to the situation?
>> Installing the bacula package, the database is not configured. This is with all 3 databases.
>> The error seen during installation:
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/bacula-director.postinst: 39: .: Can't open /usr/share/bacula-common/dbc_database.conf
>> Infact the file to which the file linked was not available "/etc/dbconfig-common/bacula-director-pgsql.conf"
>>     * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>>       ineffective)?
>> Creating the file "/etc/dbconfig-common/bacula-director-pgsql.conf" manually did not solve the problem"
> I am not able to reproduce this.
>
> Please provide the exact commands you used to install bacula. You can
> find all commands in /var/log/apt/term.log and /var/log/apt/history.log.
>
>
> Grüße,
> Sven.
>