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base-config package

unknown token: db_fset

Bug #20021 reported by Debian Bug Importer
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base-config (Debian)
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base-config (Ubuntu)
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Colin Watson

Bug Description

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #323852 http://bugs.debian.org/323852

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In , Paul Bryan (pbryan) wrote : More information...

1. This is not a serious policy issue (severity: serious) but an
important bug (severity: important).

2. The problem is a syntax error in the "for" list, in which the last
item contains a backslash when it shouldn't.

3. Look at bug # 323854 for a patch/workaround until this is fixed in
the package.

Revision history for this message
In , Frans Pop (aragorn) wrote : Re: Bug#323854: Bug in postinst script causes installation failure

severity 323854 serious
merge 323854 323852
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #323852 http://bugs.debian.org/323852

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In , Stuart Freeman (stuart-tyro) wrote : base-config fails to install

Package: base-config
Version: 2.70
Followup-For: Bug #323852

Installing base-config gives the following error:

/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59: syntax error near
unexpected token `db_fset'

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.67 Add and remove users and groups
ii apt 0.6.40.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii bsdutils 1:2.12p-6 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-56 Linux console and font utilities
ii debconf 1.4.57 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.14.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gettext-base 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-39 change and administer password and

base-config recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  base-config/menu/mta:
  base-config/intro:
  base-config/menu/exit:
  apt-setup/security-updates: true
  apt-setup/another: false
  base-config/title:
  base-config/menu/finish:
  debian-installer/language: en_GB:en_US:en
  base-config/late_command:
  apt-setup/mirror: ftp.us.debian.org
  base-config/start-display-manager: true
  base-config/menu/apt-setup:
  base-config/menu/keyboard:
  debian-installer/country: US
  apt-setup/directory: /debian/
  base-config/install-problem: true
  base-config/menu/hostname:
  apt-setup/cd/another: false
  apt-setup/non-free: false
  apt-setup/badedit:
  mirror/suite: unstable
  apt-setup/baddir:
  base-config/menu/pkgsel:
  base-config/menu/timezone:
  base-config/menu/debconf-seed:
  base-config/menu/intro:
  base-config/menu/passwd:
  apt-setup/hostname: ftp.us.debian.org
  base-config/menu/pon:
  base-config/login:
  apt-setup/title:
  mirror/http/proxy:
  apt-setup/contrib: false
  base-config/main-menu: Finish configuring the base system
  base-config/early_command:
  apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
  apt-setup/country: United States
  debian-installer/keymap:
  apt-setup/badsource:
  base-config/use-ppp: false
  apt-setup/uri_type: ftp
  base-config/get-hostname: gamera
  apt-setup/not-mirror:
  apt-setup/security-updates-failed:
  apt-setup/cd/missing:
  base-config/menu/shell:
  apt-setup/cd/bad:
  base-config/invalid-hostname:

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

*** Bug 20025 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Revision history for this message
In , Joey Hess (joeyh) wrote : Re: Bug#323854: Bug in postinst script causes installation failure

Paul C. Bryan wrote:
> Package: base-config
> Version: 2.70
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
>
> Bug in base-config.postinst script causes installation failure:
>
> Setting up base-config (2.70) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59: syntax error near
> unexpected token `db_fset'
> dpkg: error processing base-config (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> base-config
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Solved with enclosed patch.

I independntly fixed this in 2.71 before seeing this bug report.

--
see shy jo

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In , Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : severity of 323852 is grave, merging 323852 323863, severity of 323887 is grave ... ... ...

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.4
severity 323852 grave
merge 323852 323863
severity 323887 grave
merge 323852 323887
severity 323890 grave
merge 323852 323890

Revision history for this message
In , Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : merging 323852 323887, merging 323852 323890

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.4
merge 323852 323887
merge 323852 323890

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

*** Bug 20039 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Revision history for this message
In , Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: Bug#323897: base-config: unable to upgrade to 2.70 (syntax error)

severity 323897 grave
close 323897 2.71
merge 323897 323852
severity 323907 grave
close 323907 2.71
merge 323907 323852
severity 323926 grave
close 323926 2.71
merge 323926 323852
thanks

These are all duplicate reports of a bug that has already been fixed in
base-config 2.71, which has been uploaded and is currently available in
incoming.debian.org. Please check the list of existing bugs at
bugs.debian.org before reporting new bugs.

--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
<email address hidden> http://www.debian.org/

Revision history for this message
In , Joey Hess (joeyh) wrote : severity of 323926 is normal

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.5
severity 323926 normal

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In , Dato Simó (dato) wrote : Re: Bug#323870: Error in package base_config

# Hello. This bug is already fixed in base-config 3.71. Thanks.

reassign 323870 base-config
close 323870 3.71
merge 323870 323852
thanks

* Storm66 [Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:28:01 +0200]:

> Package: base_config
> Version: 2.70

> Error in postinst script :
> ============================ Original end of script ==============
> for q in mirror/suite mirror/http/proxy apt-setup/uri_type \
> apt-setup/country apt-setup/mirror apt-setup/hostname \
> apt-setup/directory apt-setup/baddir
> apt-setup/not-mirror \
> apt-setup/cd/dev apt-setup/cd/bad apt-setup/cd/another \
> apt-setup/non-free apt-setup/contrib apt-setup/badsource \
> apt-setup/another apt-setup/badedit \
> apt-setup/security-updates \
> apt-setup/security-updates-failed \
> do
> db_fset $q seen false || true
> done
> ============================ Corrected end of script ==================
> for q in mirror/suite mirror/http/proxy apt-setup/uri_type \
> apt-setup/country apt-setup/mirror apt-setup/hostname \
> apt-setup/directory apt-setup/baddir
> apt-setup/not-mirror \
> apt-setup/cd/dev apt-setup/cd/bad apt-setup/cd/another \
> apt-setup/non-free apt-setup/contrib apt-setup/badsource \
> apt-setup/another apt-setup/badedit \
> apt-setup/security-updates \
> apt-setup/security-updates-failed
> do
> db_fset $q seen false || true
> done

> Regards

> JP Pozzi

--
Adeodato Simó
    EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621
    Listening to: Miguel Bosé - Amor entero

Beauty, brains, availability, personality: pick any two.

Revision history for this message
In , Petter Reinholdtsen (pere-hungry) wrote : postinst bug fixed in version 2.71

severity 323937 normal
close 324038 2.71
close 324034 2.71
close 323937 2.71
merge 324038 323852
merge 324034 323852
merge 323937 323852
thanks

Already reported and fixed in version 2.71

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

*** Bug 20089 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This only appeared in base-config 2.70, which we never merged; the next merge
will be from 2.71, in which this bug was fixed.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :
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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:28:53 +0200
From: Laszlo Boszormenyi <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: unknown token: db_fset

Package: base-config
Version: 2.70
Severity: serious

Upgrading from 2.69 to 2.70 I got the following lines:
Preparing to replace base-config 2.69 (using .../base-config_2.70_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement base-config ...
Setting up base-config (2.70) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59: syntax error near unexpected token `db_fset'
dpkg: error processing base-config (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 base-config
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Regards,
Laszlo/GCS

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-rc4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.67 Add and remove users and groups
ii apt 0.6.40.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii bsdutils 1:2.12p-6 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-56 Linux console and font utilities
ii debconf 1.4.57 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.14.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gettext-base 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-39 change and administer password and

base-config recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  base-config/menu/mta:
* base-config/intro:
  base-config/menu/exit:
  apt-setup/security-updates: true
  apt-setup/another: false
  base-config/title:
  base-config/menu/finish:
  debian-installer/language: en_GB:en_US:en
  base-config/late_command:
  apt-setup/mirror: ftp.hu.debian.org
  base-config/start-display-manager: true
  base-config/menu/apt-setup:
  base-config/menu/keyboard:
  debian-installer/country: US
  apt-setup/directory: /debian/
  base-config/install-problem: true
  base-config/menu/hostname:
  apt-setup/cd/another: false
  apt-setup/non-free: false
  apt-setup/badedit:
  mirror/suite: testing
  apt-setup/baddir:
  base-config/menu/pkgsel:
  base-config/menu/timezone:
  base-config/menu/debconf-seed:
  base-config/menu/intro:
  base-config/menu/passwd:
  apt-setup/hostname: ftp.hu.debian.org
  base-config/menu/pon:
* base-config/login:
  apt-setup/title:
  mirror/http/proxy:
  apt-setup/contrib: false
* base-config/main-menu: Finish configuring the base system
  base-config/early_command:
  apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
  apt-setup/country: Hungary
  debian-installer/keymap: us
  apt-setup/badsource:
  base-config/use-ppp: false
  apt-setup/uri_type: http
  apt-setup/not-mirror:
* base-config/get-hostname: gcs
  apt-setup/security-updates-failed:
  apt-setup/...

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:53:09 -0700
From: "Paul C. Bryan" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: More information...

1. This is not a serious policy issue (severity: serious) but an
important bug (severity: important).

2. The problem is a syntax error in the "for" list, in which the last
item contains a backslash when it shouldn't.

3. Look at bug # 323854 for a patch/workaround until this is fixed in
the package.

Revision history for this message
Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:59:37 +0200
From: Frans Pop <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#323854: Bug in postinst script causes installation failure

severity 323854 serious
merge 323854 323852
thanks

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:44:08 -0400
From: Stuart Freeman <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: base-config fails to install

Package: base-config
Version: 2.70
Followup-For: Bug #323852

Installing base-config gives the following error:

/var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59: syntax error near
unexpected token `db_fset'

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.67 Add and remove users and groups
ii apt 0.6.40.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii bsdutils 1:2.12p-6 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-56 Linux console and font utilities
ii debconf 1.4.57 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.14.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gettext-base 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-39 change and administer password and

base-config recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  base-config/menu/mta:
  base-config/intro:
  base-config/menu/exit:
  apt-setup/security-updates: true
  apt-setup/another: false
  base-config/title:
  base-config/menu/finish:
  debian-installer/language: en_GB:en_US:en
  base-config/late_command:
  apt-setup/mirror: ftp.us.debian.org
  base-config/start-display-manager: true
  base-config/menu/apt-setup:
  base-config/menu/keyboard:
  debian-installer/country: US
  apt-setup/directory: /debian/
  base-config/install-problem: true
  base-config/menu/hostname:
  apt-setup/cd/another: false
  apt-setup/non-free: false
  apt-setup/badedit:
  mirror/suite: unstable
  apt-setup/baddir:
  base-config/menu/pkgsel:
  base-config/menu/timezone:
  base-config/menu/debconf-seed:
  base-config/menu/intro:
  base-config/menu/passwd:
  apt-setup/hostname: ftp.us.debian.org
  base-config/menu/pon:
  base-config/login:
  apt-setup/title:
  mirror/http/proxy:
  apt-setup/contrib: false
  base-config/main-menu: Finish configuring the base system
  base-config/early_command:
  apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
  apt-setup/country: United States
  debian-installer/keymap:
  apt-setup/badsource:
  base-config/use-ppp: false
  apt-setup/uri_type: ftp
  base-config/get-hostname: gamera
  apt-setup/not-mirror:
  apt-setup/security-updates-failed:
  apt-setup/cd/missing:
  base-config/menu/shell:
  apt-setup/cd/bad:
  base-config/invalid-hostname:

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:58:00 -0400
From: Joey Hess <email address hidden>
To: "Paul C. Bryan" <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#323854: Bug in postinst script causes installation failure

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Paul C. Bryan wrote:
> Package: base-config
> Version: 2.70
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
>=20
> Bug in base-config.postinst script causes installation failure:
>=20
> Setting up base-config (2.70) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-config.postinst: line 59: syntax error near
> unexpected token `db_fset'
> dpkg: error processing base-config (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> base-config
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>=20
> Solved with enclosed patch.

I independntly fixed this in 2.71 before seeing this bug report.

--=20
see shy jo

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:36:36 -0700
From: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: severity of 323852 is grave, merging 323852 323863, severity of 323887 is grave ... ... ...

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.4
severity 323852 grave
merge 323852 323863
severity 323887 grave
merge 323852 323887
severity 323890 grave
merge 323852 323890

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:21:35 -0700
From: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: merging 323852 323887, merging 323852 323890

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.4
merge 323852 323887
merge 323852 323890

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:21:36 -0700
From: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
To: Yolker <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 Carlos =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gonz=E1lez?= <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, moi <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#323897: base-config: unable to upgrade to 2.70 (syntax error)

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severity 323897 grave
close 323897 2.71
merge 323897 323852
severity 323907 grave
close 323907 2.71
merge 323907 323852
severity 323926 grave
close 323926 2.71
merge 323926 323852
thanks

These are all duplicate reports of a bug that has already been fixed in
base-config 2.71, which has been uploaded and is currently available in
incoming.debian.org. Please check the list of existing bugs at
bugs.debian.org before reporting new bugs.

--=20
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
<email address hidden> http://www.debian.org/

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:56:49 -0400
From: Joey Hess <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: severity of 323926 is normal

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.5
severity 323926 normal

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:21:15 +0200
From: Adeodato =?utf-8?B?U2ltw7M=?= <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#323870: Error in package base_config

# Hello. This bug is already fixed in base-config 3.71. Thanks.

reassign 323870 base-config
close 323870 3.71
merge 323870 323852
thanks

* Storm66 [Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:28:01 +0200]:

> Package: base_config
> Version: 2.70

> Error in postinst script :
> ============================ Original end of script ==============
> for q in mirror/suite mirror/http/proxy apt-setup/uri_type \
> apt-setup/country apt-setup/mirror apt-setup/hostname \
> apt-setup/directory apt-setup/baddir
> apt-setup/not-mirror \
> apt-setup/cd/dev apt-setup/cd/bad apt-setup/cd/another \
> apt-setup/non-free apt-setup/contrib apt-setup/badsource \
> apt-setup/another apt-setup/badedit \
> apt-setup/security-updates \
> apt-setup/security-updates-failed \
> do
> db_fset $q seen false || true
> done
> ============================ Corrected end of script ==================
> for q in mirror/suite mirror/http/proxy apt-setup/uri_type \
> apt-setup/country apt-setup/mirror apt-setup/hostname \
> apt-setup/directory apt-setup/baddir
> apt-setup/not-mirror \
> apt-setup/cd/dev apt-setup/cd/bad apt-setup/cd/another \
> apt-setup/non-free apt-setup/contrib apt-setup/badsource \
> apt-setup/another apt-setup/badedit \
> apt-setup/security-updates \
> apt-setup/security-updates-failed
> do
> db_fset $q seen false || true
> done

> Regards

> JP Pozzi

--
Adeodato Simó
    EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621
    Listening to: Miguel Bosé - Amor entero

Beauty, brains, availability, personality: pick any two.

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:41:17 +0200
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: postinst bug fixed in version 2.71

severity 323937 normal
close 324038 2.71
close 324034 2.71
close 323937 2.71
merge 324038 323852
merge 324034 323852
merge 323937 323852
thanks

Already reported and fixed in version 2.71

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in base-config:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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