bacula-common-mysql uninstallable due to conflicting files

[Clint Byrum]

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #9 of /tmp/bacula-director-mysql.template.319468

(Reading database ... 14901 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bacula-common-mysql (from .../bacula-common-mysql_5.2.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bacula-common-mysql_5.2.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/bacula/libbaccats.la', which is also in package bacula-common 5.2.1-0ubuntu2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/bacula-common-mysql_5.2.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Yup, the line:

debian/tmp-install-mysql/usr/lib/bacula/libbaccats* usr/lib/bacula

is in both debian/bacula-common.install and debian/bacula-common-mysql.install.
It should be removed from debian/bacula-common-mysql.install. (As bacula is
in main this should presumably wait until after soft freeze.)

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Excerpts from Serge Hallyn's message of Wed Nov 30 22:34:16 UTC 2011:
> Yup, the line:
>
> debian/tmp-install-mysql/usr/lib/bacula/libbaccats* usr/lib/bacula
>
> is in both debian/bacula-common.install and debian/bacula-common-mysql.install.
> It should be removed from debian/bacula-common-mysql.install. (As bacula is
> in main this should presumably wait until after soft freeze.)
>

I actually just tried that last night, and this produced a "dummy" libaccats that
was unusable by any of the directors. In an offline conversation with zulcss, it
sounded like there may be a bug in 5.2.1 and a fix in 5.2.2.

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> Title:
> bacula-common-mysql uninstallable due to conflicting files
>
> Status in “bacula” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #9 of /tmp
> /bacula-director-mysql.template.319468
>
> (Reading database ... 14901 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking bacula-common-mysql (from .../bacula-common-mysql_5.2.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bacula-common-mysql_5.2.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/bacula/libbaccats.la', which is also in package bacula-common 5.2.1-0ubuntu2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/bacula-common-mysql_5.2.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bacula - 5.2.3-0ubuntu3

---------------
bacula (5.2.3-0ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low

  * remove libbaccats* from bacula-common, which fixes
    a depends-but-conflicts between bacula-common and
    bacula-{mysql,pgsql,sqlite3} (LP: #897303)
 -- Scott Moser <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:33:34 -0500

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

I've just uploaded a fix for this.
I've verified installation of the packages, but kept the version at 5.2.3.

I'd very much appreciate someone testing that the packages work (I have no real experience with bacula).

If someone would like to request or tackle the merge to upstream 5.2.5, then please open a bug (note, a local 'bzr merge-upstream' seemed to go OK).

[Sandy Mackenzie (sandy)]

The latest package installed
When attempting to start the bacula-director the following error is logged, and the service does not start.

08-Feb 18:59 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Please replace this dummy libbaccats library with a proper one.
08-Feb 18:59 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog "MyCatalog", database ";".
08-Feb 18:59 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

Sandy,
  Thank you for the report. I opened bug 929523 to track your issue in comment 5.