tags 595902 patch thanks On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:06:32PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > it first prompts the user that zoneminder has been stopped, and then prompts > the user if they want to back up the database: > > zmupdate.pl --version $OLD_ZM_VERSION
apparently it has a hidden --nointeractive option. the following patch should handle it: diff -r 656fc3fd933f debian/postinst --- a/debian/postinst Mon Sep 06 21:49:39 2010 -0700 +++ b/debian/postinst Tue Sep 07 22:52:01 2010 -0700 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo 'grant lock tables, alter on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by "zmpass";' | mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf mysql # stop zoneminder before performing database upgrade. invoke-rc.d zoneminder stop || true - zmupdate.pl --version $OLD_ZM_VERSION + zmupdate.pl --nointeractive --version $OLD_ZM_VERSION fi else although this does appear to unconditionally upgrade the database without presenting an opportunity to back it up... there also may be other zmupdate.pl codepaths which still prompt; the --nointeractive option seems only partially implemented, though that may only be when upgrading from really old versions of zoneminder. live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org