upgrade from slapd from dapper to hardy fails on DB conversion

[Martin Emrich]

I just tried to upgrade a server with openldap from dapper to hardy (I pulled an image from the dapper server and am doing a dry-run in a virtualbox now).

During the upgrade, the slapd postinst script somehow crashed in an intermediate state, and the upgrade aborted shortly after that.

When I try "dpkg --configure slapd" now, I get this:

root@newsauron:/var/lib/ldap# LANG=C dpkg --configure slapd
Setting up slapd (2.4.7-6ubuntu3) ...
  Backing up /etc/ldap/slapd.conf in /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6... done.
  Upgrading BDB 'checkpoint' options... .
  Moving old database directories to /var/backups:

  Backup path /var/backups/dc=darkzone-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6.ldapdb exists. Giving up...
dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 slapd

After removing the mentioned backup, I get this:
root@newsauron:/var/lib/ldap# LANG=C dpkg --configure slapd
Setting up slapd (2.4.7-6ubuntu3) ...
  Backing up /etc/ldap/slapd.conf in /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6... done.
  Upgrading BDB 'checkpoint' options... .
  Moving old database directories to /var/backups:
  - directory dc=darkzone... done.
  Loading from /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6:
  - directory dc=darkzone... failed.

Loading the database from the LDIF dump failed with the following
error while running slapadd:
    /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6/dc=darkzone.ldif: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 slapd

When I remove both, I get this:
Setting up slapd (2.4.7-6ubuntu3) ...
  Backing up /etc/ldap/slapd.conf in /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6... done.
  Upgrading BDB 'checkpoint' options... .
  Moving old database directories to /var/backups:
  Loading from /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6:
  - directory dc=darkzone... failed.

Loading the database from the LDIF dump failed with the following
error while running slapadd:
    /var/backups/slapd-2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6/dc=darkzone.ldif: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 slapd

I have pulled an LDIF dump from the (still untouched) original server and rebuilt the database, so my LDAP is up and running again. How can I tell the postinst script that these actions are not necessary?

I have made a snapshot of the VM before starting the upgrade, and I'll investigate what went wrong after the first upgrade dry-run went through.

Ciao

Martin

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I analyzed the problem(s), and I found invalid entries in my ldap database which seem to have been added during the installation a long time ago (See also Bug #112631).

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Per user comments, I am marking this as a duplicate of bug 112631. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.