Your message dated Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:03:03 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#709928: fixed in debconf 1.5.51 has caused the Debian Bug report #709928, regarding debconf: "uninitialized value in concatenation", missing /var/cache/debconf to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: debconf Version: 1.5.50 Severity: important Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, I received the following "Use of unitialized value in concatentation" error when I tried to upgrade/install any package. root@bishop:~# apt-get install --reinstall nmap Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libgtk2-ruby Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/4,003 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 44, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value in -e at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 46, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 47, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value $directory in -d at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 48, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value $directory in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 49, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. debconf: DbDriver "config": mkdir :No such file or directory (Reading database ... 340051 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace nmap 6.25-0.1 (using .../nmap_6.25-0.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement nmap ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 44, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value in -e at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 46, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 47, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value $directory in -d at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 48, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. Use of uninitialized value $directory in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 49, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 3. debconf: DbDriver "config": mkdir :No such file or directory dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: man-db E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) root@bishop:~# The cause was found to be related to a missing "/var/cache/debconf" directory. rm -fr /var/cache/debconf apt-get install <some package> (error) The module /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm uses 'abs_path' to resolve "/var/cache/debconf" but if the directory is missing it will return an undefined value resulting in the errors described. In the module it can be seen that it will create the missing directory if needed, but this step is performed after the error. Moving the directory creation to an earlier point resolves the problem (patch attached). -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.8-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages debconf depends on: ii perl-base 5.14.2-21 Versions of packages debconf recommends: ii apt-utils 0.9.8.1 ii debconf-i18n 1.5.50 Versions of packages debconf suggests: pn debconf-doc <none> pn debconf-utils <none> ii libgtk2-perl 2:1.247-2 pn libnet-ldap-perl <none> pn libqtcore4-perl <none> pn libqtgui4-perl <none> pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl <none> ii perl 5.14.2-21 ii whiptail 0.52.15-1 -- no debconf information--- /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm.orig 2013-05-26 13:00:58.552721414 -0700 +++ /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm 2013-05-26 13:00:41.492636234 -0700 @@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ $this->error("No filename specified") unless $this->{filename}; + my ($directory)=$this->{filename}=~m!^(.*)/[^/]+!; + if (! -d $directory) { + mkdir $directory || $this->error("mkdir $directory:$!"); + } + $this->{filename} = abs_path($this->{filename}); debug "db $this->{name}" => "started; filename is $this->{filename}"; if (! -e $this->{filename}) { - my ($directory)=$this->{filename}=~m!^(.*)/[^/]+!; - if (! -d $directory) { - mkdir $directory || $this->error("mkdir $directory:$!"); - } - $this->{backup}=0; sysopen(my $fh, $this->{filename}, O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC|O_CREAT,$this->{mode}) or
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--- Begin Message ---Source: debconf Source-Version: 1.5.51 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debconf, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Joey Hess <[email protected]> (supplier of updated debconf package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:26:46 -0400 Source: debconf Binary: debconf debconf-i18n debconf-doc debconf-utils Architecture: source all Version: 1.5.51 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debconf Developers <[email protected]> Changed-By: Joey Hess <[email protected]> Description: debconf - Debian configuration management system debconf-doc - debconf documentation debconf-i18n - full internationalization support for debconf debconf-utils - debconf utilities Closes: 709928 711693 Changes: debconf (1.5.51) unstable; urgency=low . * Fix warning when /var/cache/debconf is missing. Closes: #709928 * debconf-set-selections: Do not change the default template value when overriding the value of existing questions. Closes: #711693 Checksums-Sha1: da8ead24206a9e2a00a3db37f68494486ed351de 1964 debconf_1.5.51.dsc 6823fe4c4e89d9a928bfd616c027a79e78f29d66 1002500 debconf_1.5.51.tar.gz e20f64d10d3da13729eba420e1027493d8f7222d 159098 debconf_1.5.51_all.deb de4415343ca6bf288c761408c12300fb9a86e815 204016 debconf-i18n_1.5.51_all.deb 2b282819776ea8530a0a152a81470f5e6ab134a1 314602 debconf-doc_1.5.51_all.deb 1e307873d3a4b629c7429dc341c960b87aa820d2 55160 debconf-utils_1.5.51_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: 36b918d30d1debcf08cb2b146ece20f61adb826166d85ce007d73a652f508dfb 1964 debconf_1.5.51.dsc 7c917f1b6a44d46501150630d384f0b41e071f21e5e4e2bfb72cc1f92faa952e 1002500 debconf_1.5.51.tar.gz 5810f4146e4a5aa6698da93f5494373784bd616b55a165cfd8d8c07cf9ecbae7 159098 debconf_1.5.51_all.deb 26c04db8c3eea2cbe07effdc654f8445d5105ebace3596cc5dc4da1d346cd220 204016 debconf-i18n_1.5.51_all.deb a81f4ff1d09d9b794a05ff8e0fdefa4fc3ef182dd43dd0dde7c2117ad69296a5 314602 debconf-doc_1.5.51_all.deb d54ba9ee0b36194912db1044f5517318f4deebdf275cc187ef65f6624a8af389 55160 debconf-utils_1.5.51_all.deb Files: 90f0f71f325f308b3ea2e3f45fb98b1e 1964 admin optional debconf_1.5.51.dsc 9127880a0e03dfa2ee9a691162440651 1002500 admin optional debconf_1.5.51.tar.gz 8822dfc807ff63eb732b7e4f68846685 159098 admin important debconf_1.5.51_all.deb 59e4ee9035ad8e7fc2384379d8cb2ad3 204016 localization important debconf-i18n_1.5.51_all.deb 6e8bf0b9fee4ed2860aec12868c87637 314602 doc optional debconf-doc_1.5.51_all.deb 55943da32ea7fdae86c9ea1cad4c4a09 55160 devel optional debconf-utils_1.5.51_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUBUhuisMkQ2SIlEuPHAQi3MQ//Y6muCvbzJ7KQjgxmfLVbUTL0qwnDQAuN myVLk6s+ZpHnA40r7J5IhJ+cEeFBVZ/23r9N3bX2vrAVfeqt9X4CTlda7cFdw745 xGcG/T2A3QPv6C1zhshvHhHMnaTRLG/MimBQitvnQXaDYmvbzDp5o/H1W+Qs1t2g XhTsnqSWQxyDfOrpMO+TJ+gcFTQCBV16+YvhilvDb0OJ+b81hkEJQ6jRSXRaFw/k 4ApxdEKxd0GCMUPJfBXnYCRsVH2sO9bK6evVEzt4yGs/M7OYSU7hqEjCG9N78932 eVgvxR3bPKh9Ec/iVSfS3m/hhllDWJeNOfpE3MuF+mR2YePzo6mQFYW/9Gk+dPHD m2S03ELWYBpC9SycJhffNthbjjRD/mbQN1Vhnfa28jAWGCv3IJqGKDPfciTZIuoI V4b/3Iu6fZCKngw7EqGyOCuHElwQsyUxMewBGzpCYYKAxP8ZBOLe2vfp2z3FT3rD tZp79qtamMPMTQiLANwpP7Gls/afXDUwXH6tIbowbH1wlNYfdKccWdXdQZ2/vSb7 Bq4ZSw6kW2PVkK2hUflg/TM8xquh6b/GZKxelMfiYmeNQ+lPU6+LVLtitngzcP0G s8FdHJgxVTKiVWWeSpNsQgBd0Vu5linyOeC0R0Ddgp9mQsYypu6UREK4wcDr3p5r tZfAO5n4sY0= =fr/i -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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