failure to source /usr/share/debconf/confmodule in phpmyadmin.prerm causes package removal to fail

[Brad K.]

during the pre-removal process, phpmyadmin.prerm is called but cannot find the db_* modules due the /usr/share/debconf/confmodule not being source in this file (see below)

root@host:~# apt-get remove --purge phpmyadmin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  phpmyadmin*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 11.1MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 25126 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing phpmyadmin ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/phpmyadmin.prerm: line 12: db_get: command not found
dpkg: error processing phpmyadmin (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 phpmyadmin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

root@host:~#

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recommend adding ". /usr/share/debconf/confmodule" into the .prerm file just prior to the initial 'if' statement. removal/purge goes pleasantly after this fix.

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(phpmyadmin_4%3a2.6.4-pl1-1ubuntu1.1_all.deb)

[Brad K. (zelmak)]

sorry for the duplicate; I guess search doesn't work (searched for phpmyadmin) when the bug isn't open. that might be a bug in itself when a bug is fixed, but the fixed package is not yet placed into repository for distribution...