[can-not-install] postinst failure

[Michael Vogt]

Binary package hint: irm

Found while doing a install test:

Setting up irm (1.5.3.1-1.1) ...

Creating config file /etc/irm/database.ini with new version

Creating config file /etc/irm/apache.conf with new version
There was an error creating the MySQL database: Error when trying to connect to the mysql database.
    This error can occur if you have no database to connect to, or
    if the password was incorrect.
        use: dpkg-reconfigure -plow packagename to reconfigure.
dpkg: error processing irm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 5
Errors were encountered while processing:
 irm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

It should not fail if it cannot connect to the database but handle the situation gracefully.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Confirmed in Gutsy.

[budgester (budgester)]

1.5.3 is a really old version of IRM, unfortunately I do not know how to package for debian/ubuntu.

If anyone would like to volunteer to either package the latest release or get me started on how to do this we can fix this bug.

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Closing this bug since this package has long since ceased to be.