[DRE-maint] Bug#590695: redmine: Fails to install.

[Jérémy Lal]

On 28/07/2010 17:05, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Jérémy Lal <jerry at edagames.com> (28/07/2010):
>> Excerpt from the Description of the redmine package :
>>
>> "Dependencies for database support are provided by these metapackages:
>>  redmine-mysql, redmine-pgsql, redmine-sqlite."
> 
> The description has little to do with:
> 
>  1. your not checking for appropriate (in this case: backend)
>     components before running installation/configuration steps.
> 
>  2. your considering redmine's postinst configuration as successful
>     while it is not. As a consequence, redmine is considered being
>     installed properly, while it is not.
> 
>> You selected a pgsql backend. It fails. Install redmine-pgsql.
> 
> It's your job to (1) catch this kind of failure, possibly hitting
> users with a cluebat, pointing to the documentation and appropriate
> instructions if you feel like it, and to (2) leave your package in an
> appropriate state WRT the package manager.
> 
> Cheers,

Agreed,
i'm going to fix this in an appropriate way.
Thanks for the report.

Jérémy.