[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#1053502: mailman3-web: Package failed to install during upgrade from Debian 11 to 12

[Pierre-Elliott Bécue]

tags 1053502 +moreinfo
thanks

Hi,

Steven Verhulst <sverhulst at vub.be> wrote on 05/10/2023 at 10:37:05+0200:

> Package: mailman3-web
> Version: 0+20200530-2.1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> When we upgraded our test mailingserver from Debian 11 to 12 we
> noticed the following error:
>
> Setting up mailman3-web (0+20200530-2.1) ...
> Determining localhost credentials from /etc/mysql/debian.cnf: failed (hosts not equal).
> dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/mailman3-web.conf
> dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
> sed: -e expression #2, char 82: unterminated `s' command
> dpkg: error processing package mailman3-web (--configure):
> installed mailman3-web package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
>
> From what I understand there seems to be an issue with the
> post-installation script.
>
> Since the post-installation script did not run it left us with a
> broken listserver.  Further it is not possible to use APT to update
> packages as it keep warning about mailman3-web package being broken.

When I read

> Determining localhost credentials from /etc/mysql/debian.cnf: failed (hosts not equal).
> dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/mailman3-web.conf
> dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password

I tend to think some weird stuff happened on your host.

But to try understanding further the issue, could you please give me
some hints about what this file contains?

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