Comment 0 for bug 1402657

Etckeeper doesn't work out of the box on Ubuntu 14.10

The command etckeeper commit fails without any output.

The problem is that the script 50vcs-commit doesn't have execution permissions.

Noticed in etckeeper at ubuntu 14.10

root@ulises2:/etc/etckeeper# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10
root@ulises2:/etc/etckeeper# apt-cache policy etckeeper
etckeeper:
  Installed: 1.11ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.11ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.11ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The root cause is that 50vcs-commit never gets executed because it lacks permissions:

root@ulises2:/etc/etckeeper# ls -la /etc/etckeeper/commit.d/
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 15 13:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Dec 15 13:55 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 447 Jun 4 2014 10vcs-test
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 138 Jun 4 2014 30bzr-add
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 302 Jun 4 2014 30darcs-add
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 138 Jun 4 2014 30git-add
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 143 Jun 4 2014 30hg-addremove
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2822 Jun 4 2014 50vcs-commit
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 264 Jun 4 2014 99push
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 193 Jun 4 2014 README

To reproduce the problem:
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Install etckeeper on Ubuntu 14.04. Nothing gets commited.

root@ulises2:/etc/etckeeper# etckeeper init
Creado un standalone tree (formaot: 2a)
adding .bzrignore
adding .etckeeper
adding .java
adding ConsoleKit
adding ImageMagick
adding Muttrc
[...]

root@ulises2:/etc/etckeeper# etckeeper vcs status
unknown:
  .bzrignore
  .etckeeper
  .java/
  ConsoleKit/
  ImageMagick/
  Muttrc
  [...]

root@ulises2:/etc/etckeeper# etckeeper commit "initial revision"
root@ulises2:/etc/etckeeper# etckeeper vcs status
added:
  .bzrignore
  .etckeeper
  .java/
  .java/.systemPrefs/
  .java/.systemPrefs/.system.lock
  .java/.systemPrefs/.systemRootModFile
  [...]

To fix the problem
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Give exectuable permissions to /etc/etckeeper/commit.d/50vcs-commit::

chmod +x /etc/etckeeper/commit.d/50vcs-commit
etckeeper commit "initial revision"
etckeeper vcs log
------------------------------------------------------------
revno: 1
committer: hmontoliu <hmontoliu@ulises2>
branch nick: ulises2 /etc repository
timestamp: Mon 2014-12-15 14:09:54 +0100
message:
  initial revision

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: etckeeper 1.11ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.37-generic 3.16.7-ckt1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Dec 15 13:59:32 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-16 (425 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: etckeeper
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-12-13 (1 days ago)