On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 10:04:34PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > tag 442398 etch > thanks > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:54:46AM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > > > - the bug shows up when $RT::WebPath is changed after the database > > has been initialized. At initialization time, the variable is > > interpolated correctly. > > > > - the suggested 'rt-setup-database --action insert' is not an optimal > > fix for existing databases: it will duplicate the database content > > > > - the database contents are serialized by Storable, so the upgrade script > > must be done by using the RT API and not by modifying the database > > directly. This would probably have been a good idea in any case. > > > > I'll look into the upgrade script. > > I'm attaching a Perl script that fixes the wrong attribute content in > an existing database. This should help Etch users suffering from the bug. > > I'll include a variant of this in the postinst script for the next upload > to unstable. > > Ivan: I'm quite sceptical about getting this fixed in Etch. The impact is > quite low, and the bug doesn't affect all users. Furthermore, a proper > fix with something like this script run on upgrade would be quite a > complex and error-prone change for stable.
I agree. > Do you think we should try to get just a fixed initialdata file into Etch? You can try if you want, it isn't like there's any consequence other than it being rejected. :) -- _ivan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
