[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#675277: Bug#675277: icinga-idoutils: fails to install, remove, and install again

[Alexander Wirt]

On Fri, 01 Jun 2012, Alexander Wirt wrote:

> tags 675277 moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> On Wed, 30 May 2012, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Package: icinga-idoutils
> > Version: 1.7.0-1
> > Severity: serious
> > User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: piuparts
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install,
> > remove (but not purge), and install again.
> > Before the second installation the package is in config-files-remaining
> > state. The configuration is remaining from the last version that was
> > successfully configured - which is the same version that is going to be
> > installed again.
> > 
> > Like a plain failure on initial install this makes the package too buggy
> > for a release, thus the severity.
> I am really not sure if this is a bug. If you do the install again, dbconfig
> asks you again for upgrading the database and if you hit yes the same update
> is applied to the database. This of course fails.
> 
> I added the dbconfig maintaner to Cc, Sean what do you think is this a bug
> and how should it addressed?
I did a little debugging in the morning (thanks to melissa) as it seems
naming the files <version>.sql did wrong things with the comparision of dbc.
I fixed that in git and it should fix that problem.

Alex