Package: etckeeper Version: 1.13 Severity: important Hello Joey. I installed a new jessie system today, and the installation finished with an error message like this:
[...] Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-9) ... *** Please tell me who you are. Run git config --global user.email "y...@example.com" git config --global user.name "Your Name" to set your account's default identity. Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository. fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'root@mymachine.(none)') E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke 'if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi' E: Sub-process returned an error code I didn't give my system a domain, and that's still a setup which seems to be supported by debian-installer. If we don't expect people to have an existing /root/.gitconfig file before installing etckeeper, then etckeeper should probably ensure that git is going to work before trying to use it. For example, checking that /root/.gitconfig exists and writing a default file like this one if it does not: [user] name = Nobody email = nob...@example.com would probably work. This is surely a hack, but it would better than nothing. I trust that you will find a better solution if this hack is not a if this is considered too much hacky. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
