Package: bacula-director-mysql Version: 2.2.8-8 Severity: normal This is a repeat of bug 441995, which was archived and so cannot be reopened, but still exists in bacula-mysql-director 2.2.8-8.
Specifically, automatic configuration of mysql fails due to an invalid "Use ${db_name}" directive in /usr/share/dbconfig-common/data/bacula-director-mysql/install/mysql. The workaround reported in bug #441995 Message #20, i.e. to simply comment out or remove this Use directive resolves the issue. The easiest path is to specify the debconf option to skip the automatic configuration of mysql, then to modify the file above, then to dpkg-reconfigure bacula-mysql-director, this time allowing it to configure mysql. Chuck -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bacula-director-mysql depends on: ii bacula-director-common 2.2.8-8 network backup, recovery and verif ii dbconfig-common 1.8.38 common framework for packaging dat ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.22 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-2 GCC support library ii libmysqlclient15off 5.0.51a-6 MySQL database client library ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwrap0 7.6.q-15 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii mysql-client-5.0 [mysq 5.0.51a-6 MySQL database client binaries ii python2.4 2.4.5-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime Versions of packages bacula-director-mysql recommends: ii mysql-server 5.0.51a-6 MySQL database server (meta packag ii mysql-server-5.0 [mysql-serve 5.0.51a-6 MySQL database server binaries -- debconf information: bacula-director-mysql/passwords-do-not-match: bacula-director-mysql/mysql/admin-user: root bacula-director-mysql/dbconfig-upgrade: true bacula-director-mysql/purge: false bacula-director-mysql/remove-error: abort bacula-director-mysql/missing-db-package-error: abort bacula-director-mysql/remote/newhost: bacula-director-mysql/internal/skip-preseed: false * bacula-director-mysql/dbconfig-install: true bacula-director-mysql/db/app-user: bacula bacula-director-mysql/upgrade-backup: true bacula-director-mysql/database-type: mysql bacula-director-mysql/install-error: abort bacula-director-mysql/db/dbname: bacula bacula-director-mysql/mysql/method: unix socket bacula-director-mysql/remote/host: bacula-director-mysql/internal/reconfiguring: false bacula-director-mysql/upgrade-error: abort bacula-director-mysql/dbconfig-reinstall: false bacula-director-mysql/remote/port: bacula-director-mysql/dbconfig-remove: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]