[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#388228: config/postrm depends on non-essential packages (dbconfig-common, probably ucf)

[Sean Finney]

Package: nagios-mysql
Severity: serious
Justification: 7.2

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hi there,

it was recently brought to my attention that the recommended method
for using dbconfig-common in a package's config and postrm scripts was not
policy compliant as hinted in the subject of this bugreport.  the problem
is that in both the config and the postrm you should test whether the
files/programs in question exist before sourcing/executing them.  more
information is in a link below.

NOTE that this is slightly different from the original posts about
mass-bug filing in which only the postrm was mentioned, but the
config file is too.  so, even if you've fixed your package after i
initially posted about this, you might want to take a second look
to make sure.

this mass bug-filing was announced 2006/08/19, though it seems
there's a problem with the list archives for debian-devel.  fortunately,
i cc'd the dbconfig list:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/dbconfig-common-devel/2006-August/000586.html

and information for how you can fix your package:

http://people.debian.org/~seanius/policy/dbconfig-common.html/ch-develguide.html#s-hooks

fortunately, the fix is pretty simple, though i apologize for
the inconvenience.  feel free to ask if you have any questions.


	sean

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

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