[DRE-maint] Bug#570178: redmine: broken host prompt in debconf

[Jérémy Lal]

On 17/02/2010 04:23, Antoine Beaupre wrote:
> Package: redmine
> Version: 0.9.1-1~bpo50+1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> [Sorry for the multiple bug reports without patches... I may find the time to actually 
> fix those things in the future, but right now I prefer to file so they are not 
> forgotten. :)]
> 
> When configuring a remote SQL server, I need to run debconf with "low" priority to get 
> all the prompts. One of the prompts I see is this:
> 
>  ┌───────────────────────────────┤ Configuring redmine ├───────────────────────────────┐    
>  │ Please provide the hostname of a remote  server.                                    │    
>  │                                                                                     │    
>  │ Note: you must have already arranged for the administrative account to be able to   │    
>  │ remotely create databases and grant privileges.                                     │    
>  │                                                                                     │    
>  │ Host running the  server for redmine/instances/koumbit:                             │    
>  ....
> 
> Note the weird spacing in "Host running the  server for"... I suspect this should read:
> 
>  │ Host running the mysql server for redmine/instances/koumbit:                        │
> 
> It seems the sql server type choice from the previous prompt didn't get propagated 
> right.
> 
> This may be an issue with dbcommon-config though.

I'm seeing that bug, too, when using mysql -> TCP/IP.
Reproduced with another package that depends on dbconfig-common.
Maybe it's only a debconf template issue.

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