-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
I noticed that, in order to "repair" dbconfig-common, one need to purge every uninstalled package that depends on dbconfig-common. For example, I just installed phpmyadmin (so dbconfig-common is installed as a dependency): $ sudo debconf-show phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/app-password-confirm: (password omitted) phpmyadmin/mysql/admin-pass: (password omitted) phpmyadmin/password-confirm: (password omitted) phpmyadmin/setup-password: (password omitted) phpmyadmin/mysql/app-pass: (password omitted) phpmyadmin/remove-error: abort phpmyadmin/setup-username: admin * phpmyadmin/db/app-user: phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/remote/host: * phpmyadmin/dbconfig-install: true phpmyadmin/remote/port: phpmyadmin/dbconfig-upgrade: true phpmyadmin/missing-db-package-error: abort phpmyadmin/upgrade-error: abort phpmyadmin/dbconfig-reinstall: false * phpmyadmin/db/dbname: phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/database-type: mysql phpmyadmin/dbconfig-remove: * phpmyadmin/mysql/method: unix socket phpmyadmin/purge: false phpmyadmin/install-error: abort * phpmyadmin/reconfigure-webserver: apache2 * phpmyadmin/mysql/admin-user: root phpmyadmin/internal/reconfiguring: false phpmyadmin/remote/newhost: phpmyadmin/internal/skip-preseed: false phpmyadmin/upgrade-backup: true phpmyadmin/passwords-do-not-match: Now, if I purge dbconfig-common, phpmyadmin is uninstalled (the only difference with "debconf-show phpmyadmin" is: * phpmyadmin/dbconfig-remove: false Then, I install phpbb3 (dbconfig-common is installed as a dependency), only the two first debconf screen about dbconfig-common are shown, phpbb3 is not configured, no dbconfig-common question about it, so it is partially broken: no dbconfig-common feature is usable): $ sudo debconf-show phpbb3 * phpbb3/httpd: apache2 $ sudo debconf-show dbconfig-common dbconfig-common/pgsql/app-pass: (password omitted) dbconfig-common/pgsql/admin-pass: (password omitted) * dbconfig-common/remote-questions-default: false dbconfig-common/pgsql/revertconf: false dbconfig-common/pgsql/manualconf: dbconfig-common/pgsql/authmethod-admin: ident dbconfig-common/db/basepath: dbconfig-common/pgsql/no-empty-passwords: dbconfig-common/pgsql/admin-user: postgres dbconfig-common/pgsql/changeconf: false dbconfig-common/pgsql/no-user-choose-other-method: * dbconfig-common/remember-admin-pass: false dbconfig-common/pgsql/method: unix socket dbconfig-common/pgsql/authmethod-user: I needed to purge every packages that depends on dbconfig-common (phpmyadmin, phpbb3 and dbconfig-common), before I can install properly phpbb3 with dbconfig-common): $ sudo debconf-show phpbb3 phpbb3/password-confirm: (password omitted) phpbb3/pgsql/admin-pass: (password omitted) phpbb3/mysql/app-pass: (password omitted) phpbb3/mysql/admin-pass: (password omitted) phpbb3/pgsql/app-pass: (password omitted) phpbb3/app-password-confirm: (password omitted) phpbb3/db/basepath: * phpbb3/db/app-user: phpbb3 phpbb3/dbconfig-reinstall: false * phpbb3/db/dbname: phpbb3 phpbb3/install-error: abort phpbb3/upgrade-backup: true * phpbb3/dbconfig-install: true * phpbb3/mysql/method: unix socket phpbb3/remote/newhost: phpbb3/pgsql/manualconf: phpbb3/dbconfig-remove: phpbb3/internal/reconfiguring: false phpbb3/pgsql/authmethod-user: phpbb3/upgrade-error: abort phpbb3/pgsql/authmethod-admin: ident phpbb3/pgsql/method: unix socket * phpbb3/database-type: mysql * phpbb3/mysql/admin-user: root phpbb3/remote/host: * phpbb3/httpd: apache phpbb3/remove-error: abort phpbb3/dbconfig-upgrade: true phpbb3/purge: false phpbb3/missing-db-package-error: abort phpbb3/pgsql/changeconf: false phpbb3/internal/skip-preseed: false phpbb3/pgsql/admin-user: postgres phpbb3/remote/port: phpbb3/pgsql/no-empty-passwords: phpbb3/passwords-do-not-match: $ sudo debconf-show dbconfig-common dbconfig-common/mysql/app-pass: (password omitted) dbconfig-common/pgsql/app-pass: (password omitted) dbconfig-common/mysql/admin-pass: (password omitted) dbconfig-common/password-confirm: (password omitted) dbconfig-common/pgsql/admin-pass: (password omitted) dbconfig-common/app-password-confirm: (password omitted) * dbconfig-common/remote-questions-default: false dbconfig-common/pgsql/revertconf: false dbconfig-common/internal/skip-preseed: false dbconfig-common/db/dbname: dbconfig-common/pgsql/manualconf: dbconfig-common/dbconfig-remove: true dbconfig-common/mysql/method: unix socket dbconfig-common/upgrade-backup: true dbconfig-common/pgsql/authmethod-admin: ident dbconfig-common/upgrade-error: abort dbconfig-common/purge: false dbconfig-common/db/basepath: dbconfig-common/install-error: abort dbconfig-common/pgsql/no-empty-passwords: dbconfig-common/pgsql/admin-user: postgres dbconfig-common/dbconfig-install: true dbconfig-common/dbconfig-reinstall: false dbconfig-common/remote/host: dbconfig-common/pgsql/changeconf: false dbconfig-common/remote/newhost: dbconfig-common/missing-db-package-error: abort dbconfig-common/dbconfig-upgrade: true dbconfig-common/pgsql/no-user-choose-other-method: dbconfig-common/internal/reconfiguring: false dbconfig-common/passwords-do-not-match: dbconfig-common/remove-error: abort * dbconfig-common/remember-admin-pass: false dbconfig-common/mysql/admin-user: root dbconfig-common/pgsql/method: unix socket dbconfig-common/pgsql/authmethod-user: dbconfig-common/database-type: dbconfig-common/db/app-user: dbconfig-common/remote/port: Hope this helps. Cheers David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkvXYS8ACgkQ18/WetbTC/p9wACdFhZf/+8/P/Y1gkWzF0qgt8mr 2icAn1a09QKGZ4IqrdkuJWNU2kkxwJPA =XVWc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
