dbconfig-common Syntax Error

[Richard Laager]

Package: dbconfig-common
Version: 2.0.3

internal/mysql has this at line 404:
if [ "$dbc_dbserver" != "" ] && "$dbc_dbserver" != localhost ; then

It needs brackets like this instead:
if [ "$dbc_dbserver" != "" ] && [ "$dbc_dbserver" != localhost ] ; then

Otherwise, I get this (where PACKAGE is the name of the package I'm working on):

/var/lib/dpkg/info/PACKAGE.config: 404: /var/lib/dpkg/info/PACKAGE.config: localhost: not found

If you're looking to reproduce this, note that I'm using /bin/sh (which is dash), not /bin/bash.

[Richard Laager (rlaager)]

This bug was introduced in dbconfig-common 2.0.3, which is in Xenial. The fix is already in Debian as 2.0.4 (along with a couple other fixes). What is necessary to get dbconfig-common 2.0.4 into Xenial?

[Graham Inggs (ginggs)]

@rlaager:
> What is necessary to get dbconfig-common 2.0.4 into Xenial?
In future, you can use the requestsync tool in the ubuntu-dev-tools package.

In this case, elbrus is subscribed here, saw your bug and pinged me directly.

[Graham Inggs (ginggs)]

This bug was fixed in the package dbconfig-common - 2.0.4
Sponsored for Richard Laager (rlaager)

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dbconfig-common (2.0.4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update Japanese translation, thanks to Takuma Yamada (Closes: #816068)
  * Make sure that after one loop in the error handling we are for sure
    going to raise the error above the priority level.
  * Ask the administrator if backups should be made on upgrade (Closes:
    #463100)
  * Terminate PostgreSQL connections before dropping db (Closes: #755908)
  * Fix typo in MySQL logic introduced in 2.0.3 (Closes: #817889)

 -- Paul Gevers <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:19:13 +0100

[Richard Laager (rlaager)]

Thanks for letting me know about the requestsync tool. I will be sure to use that next time.