Package: bugzilla3 Version: 3.2.0.0~rc2-1 Severity: serious Hi,
I was trying to install bugzilla3 on my system, in order to test an authentication module that I need to write. However, it utterly failed the first few times I tried it: - I want postgresql, not mysql. While the package's dependencies will be satisfied if you try that, the debconf or postinst parts of the package do not account for this possibility. This means that you have to install it, allow the postinst to fail, modify /etc/bugzilla3/dbconfig-params, and run dpkg --configure -a again - The checksetup.pl script tries to create .htaccess files in directories that don't exist (at least /var/lib/bugzilla3/lib, possibly also in /var/lib/bugzilla3/data - There is a strange failure mode in the config script; I could not entirely pin it down, but it appears as though if you deselect the 'use dbconfig-common' option in the debconf dialog the very first time, then the config maintainer script will fail with an exit state of 42; but if you first allow it to be set, and then use the "back" button to go back and modify it, it does succeed. - Finally, the default localconfig file assumes the apache group is called 'apache'. The default for that setting on a Debian system is 'www-data', not apache. These all combine to make installing bugzilla3 much harder than it should be, and is in violation of the policy requirement that a package should Just Work when installed. Additionally, it would be nice if you were to provide a file /etc/apache2/conf.d/bugzilla3 or something, with a 'standard' configuration that will make the CGI run properly. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bugzilla3 depends on: ii apache2 2.2.9-11 Apache HTTP Server metapackage ii apache2-mpm-prefork [httpd] 2.2.9-11 Apache HTTP Server - traditional n ii dbconfig-common 1.8.40 common framework for packaging dat ii debconf 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii exim4 4.69-9 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-tran 4.69-9 Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended ii libappconfig-perl 1.56-2 Perl module for configuration file ii libcgi-pm-perl 3.42-1 Simple Common Gateway Interface Cl ii libdbd-pg-perl 2.11.4-1 Perl DBI driver for the PostgreSQL ii libemail-mime-modifier-perl 1.442-3 Modify Email::MIME objects easily ii libemail-send-perl 2.192-3 Simply Sending Email ii libtemplate-perl 2.20-1 template processing system written ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl-modules [libcgi-pm-perl] 5.10.0-18 Core Perl modules ii postgresql-client 8.3.5-1 front-end programs for PostgreSQL ii postgresql-client-8.3 [postgr 8.3.5-1 front-end programs for PostgreSQL ii ucf 3.0011 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages bugzilla3 recommends: ii libchart-perl 2.4.1-5 Chart Library for Perl ii libxml-parser 2.36-1.1+b1 Perl module for parsing XML files ii perlmagick 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2.1+lenny1 Perl interface to the libMagick gr ii postgresql 8.3.5-1 object-relational SQL database (su Versions of packages bugzilla3 suggests: pn bugzilla3-doc <none> (no description available) ii graphviz 2.20.2-3 rich set of graph drawing tools pn libgd-gd2-perl | libgd-noxpm- <none> (no description available) pn libgd-graph-perl <none> (no description available) pn libgd-text-perl <none> (no description available) ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.56-1+b1 A collection of modules that parse pn libhtml-scrubber-perl <none> (no description available) ii libmailtools-perl 2.04-1 Manipulate email in perl programs ii libmime-tools-perl 5.427-2 Perl5 modules for MIME-compliant m ii libnet-ldap-perl 1:0.39-1 client interface to LDAP servers ii libsoap-lite-perl 0.710.08-1 Client and server side SOAP implem ii libwww-perl 5.820-1 WWW client/server library for Perl ii libxml-twig-perl 1:3.32-2 Perl module for processing huge XM -- debconf information: * bugzilla3/customized_values: false bugzilla3/dbconfig-remove: bugzilla3/db/dbname: bugzilla3 bugzilla3/missing-db-package-error: abort bugzilla3/passwords-do-not-match: bugzilla3/dbconfig-reinstall: false * bugzilla3/bugzilla_admin_real_name: Wouter Verhelst bugzilla3/remote/port: * bugzilla3/bugzilla_admin_name: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bugzilla3/dbconfig-upgrade: true bugzilla3/purge: false bugzilla3/database-type: mysql bugzilla3/remove-error: abort * bugzilla3/dbconfig-install: false bugzilla3/internal/reconfiguring: false bugzilla3/remote/newhost: bugzilla3/internal/skip-preseed: true bugzilla3/remote/host: bugzilla3/install-error: abort bugzilla3/upgrade-backup: true bugzilla3/mysql/admin-user: root bugzilla3/upgrade-error: abort bugzilla3/db/app-user: bugzilla3 bugzilla3/mysql/method: unix socket -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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