[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#595466: slapd: postinst fails when base DN contains a space

[ian]

Package: slapd
Version: 2.4.23-3
Severity: important


The base DN of my server is "o=Tester family, c=AU". The upgrade script is
written in BASH/DASH and thus uses spaces to separate list items.

Stopping OpenLDAP: slapd.
  Dumping to /var/backups/slapd-2.4.23-3: 
  - directory o=Tester... slapcat: slap_init no backend for "o=Tester"
failed.

I suggest someone either makes the upgrade script more rugged and able to
cope with spaces in strings, or reimplement it in a language that can properly
distinguish between strings and arrays. I see that Perl is already a
dependency. It would make a good choice for this task.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33.5
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages slapd depends on:
ii  adduser                   3.112          add and remove users and groups
ii  coreutils                 8.5-1          GNU core utilities
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]     1.5.35         Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                     2.11.2-4       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdb4.8                  4.8.30-2       Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [
ii  libgnutls26               2.8.6-1        the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libldap-2.4-2             2.4.23-4       OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libltdl7                  2.2.6b-2       A system independent dlopen wrappe
ii  libperl5.10               5.10.1-14      shared Perl library
ii  libsasl2-2                2.1.23.dfsg1-6 Cyrus SASL - authentication abstra
ii  libslp1                   1.2.1-7.8      OpenSLP libraries
ii  libwrap0                  7.6.q-19       Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base                  3.2-23.1       Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl [libmime-base64-perl 5.10.1-14      Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  psmisc                    22.12-1        utilities that use the proc file s
ii  unixodbc                  2.2.14p2-2     ODBC tools libraries

Versions of packages slapd recommends:
ii  libsasl2-modules          2.1.23.dfsg1-6 Cyrus SASL - pluggable authenticat

Versions of packages slapd suggests:
ii  ldap-utils                    2.4.23-4   OpenLDAP utilities

-- debconf information:
  slapd/password_mismatch:
  slapd/invalid_config: true
  shared/organization: testers.net.au
* slapd/upgrade_slapcat_failure:
  slapd/backend: HDB
  slapd/dump_database: when needed
  slapd/allow_ldap_v2: false
  slapd/no_configuration: false
  slapd/move_old_database: true
  slapd/dump_database_destdir: /var/backups/slapd-VERSION
  slapd/purge_database: false
  slapd/domain: testers.net.au