Smokeping is missing smokemail after jumping to 12.04

[fidel]

After upgrading a 10.04 server to 12.04 i am realizing that smokeping doesn’t work anymore.

Visiting the smokeping url gives:
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>> Software error:
>> ERROR: /etc/smokeping/config, line 42: File '/etc/smokeping/smokemail' does not exist

The smokeping config file is still refering in the General Section to a smokemail parameter

>> smokemail = /etc/smokeping/smokemail

But the file smokemail doesn’t exist anymore - nor do i find something about it via apt.
Commenting out that line ends up in the following error:

>> Software error:
>> ERROR: /etc/smokeping/config (General): mandatory variable 'smokemail' not defined

Is that my fault - overseeing something obvious here - or is there an error/bug/regression with that package in 12.04?

In case i can offer more details/Informations- please tell me what you might need.

Best regards
fidel

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: smokeping 2.6.7-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 2 10:51:05 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: smokeping
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-02 (0 days ago)

[fidel (el-fidel)]

anyone?

[anarcat (anarcat)]

smokemail exists here. i am not running Ubuntu so I cannot reproduce this directly, but in Debian's 2.6.8-1 package, smokemail is present:

anarcat@marcos:~$ dpkg -L smokeping | grep mail
/etc/smokeping/smokemail

[fidel (el-fidel)]

@anarcat:
well dpkg gives me /etc/smokeping/smokemail as well as reply - while i still earn the same error if i as example try to reinstall smokeping via

>> apt-get installl --reinstall smokeping

error:

>> setting up smokeping (2.6.7-1) ...
>> * Starting latency logger daemon smokeping
>> ERROR: /etc/smokeping/config, line 42: File '/etc/smokeping/smokemail' does not exist

As a sidenote
While dpkg lists smokemail in /etc/smokeping/smokemail `ls`doesn’t shows that file at all on my ubuntu box.

[anarcat (anarcat)]

On 2012-10-22, fidel wrote:
>>> setting up smokeping (2.6.7-1) ...
>>> * Starting latency logger daemon smokeping
>>> ERROR: /etc/smokeping/config, line 42: File '/etc/smokeping/smokemail' does not exist
>
> As a sidenote
> While dpkg lists smokemail in /etc/smokeping/smokemail `ls`doesn’t shows that file at all on my ubuntu box.

Well, I don't understand how this is possible - the file exists here and
I believe it is in the package too.

Please try the latest package version (2.8).

A.
--
Ou bien Dieu voudrait supprimer le mal, mais il ne le peut pas
Ou bien Dieu pourrait supprimer le mal, mais il ne le veut pas.
               - Sébastien Faure

[fidel (el-fidel)]

2.8 is not available in Ubuntu 12.04

apt-cache policy smokeping returns only 2.6.7-1

[fidel (el-fidel)]

mh - now testing with Ubuntu 14.04 - still ships 2.6.8 -> this time 2.6.8-2ubuntu1
Problem still exists as before - i see no changes.

[fidel (el-fidel)]

Seems like i am not the only one affected by this problem:

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-2034643.html

[alex dekker (ubuntu-ale)]

Suprised to see that pretty much nothing has happened on this bug in nearly >3 years!

The issue is that smokemail appears to be deleted on upgrade, but smokemail.dpkg-dist is there. So the fix for me was
mv /etc/smokeping/smokemail.dpkg-dist /etc/smokeping/smokemail

[fidel (el-fidel)]

@alex dekker:
Thumbs up - that worked out perfectly for me.