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and subject line Re: Bug#1009866: rsyslog-pgsql: postinst script fails with
non-zero exit at dbc_postinst_cleanup
has caused the Debian Bug report #1009866,
regarding rsyslog-pgsql: postinst script fails with non-zero exit at
dbc_postinst_cleanup
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: rsyslog-pgsql
Version: 8.2102.0-2
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
The postinst script fails under certain conditions due to the lack of
error handling in dbc_postinst_cleanup with a non-zero exit code:
Output with `set -x` set:
#+BEGIN_SRC
+ IFS=
+ printf %s\n RESET rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm
+ IFS=
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ IFS=
+ RET=10 rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm doesn't exist
+ return 10
+ true
+ db_fset rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm seen false
+ _db_cmd FSET rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm seen false
+ _db_internal_IFS=
+ IFS=
+ printf %s\n FSET rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm seen false
+ IFS=
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ IFS=
+ RET=10 rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm doesn't exist
+ return 10
+ true
+ db_reset rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed
+ _db_cmd RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed
+ _db_internal_IFS=
+ IFS=
+ printf %s\n RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed
+ IFS=
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ IFS=
+ RET=10 rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed doesn't exist
+ return 10
+ db_reset rsyslog-pgsql/internal/reconfiguring
+ _db_cmd RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/reconfiguring
+ _db_internal_IFS=
+ IFS=
+ printf %s\n RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/reconfiguring
+ IFS=
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ IFS=
+ RET=10 rsyslog-pgsql/internal/reconfiguring doesn't exist
+ return 10
+ return 10
dpkg: error processing package rsyslog-pgsql (--configure):
installed rsyslog-pgsql package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 10
#+END_SRC
the last successful running part of the postinst script is the calling
of dbc_forget_app_password(), dbc_postinst_cleanup() is where 10 as an
exit code is returned and where the script fails.
As far as I can tell the error occurs because:
* db_reset $dbc_package/internal/reconfiguring returns 10, but the
script fails to catch this by either appending || true nor by
returning 0 at the end of the function.
* I also noticed that on systems where the postinst script is broken
debconf does not hold any entries corresponding to the package;
which may point into the right direction for a possible fix.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages rsyslog-pgsql depends on:
ii dbconfig-common 2.0.19
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.77
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u3
ii libpq5 13.5-0+deb11u1
ii rsyslog 8.2102.0-2
ii ucf 3.0043
Versions of packages rsyslog-pgsql recommends:
ii postgresql-client 13+225
ii postgresql-client-13 [postgresql-client] 13.5-0+deb11u1
Versions of packages rsyslog-pgsql suggests:
ii postgresql 13+225
-- debconf information excluded
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--- Begin Message ---
Since I haven't received any further replies, I'm closing this old issue.
On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:21:32 +0200 Michael Biebl <[email protected]> wrote:
Am 19.04.22 um 16:15 schrieb Wilko Meyer:
> Package: rsyslog-pgsql
> Version: 8.2102.0-2
> Severity: minor
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> The postinst script fails under certain conditions due to the lack of
> error handling in dbc_postinst_cleanup with a non-zero exit code:
>
> Output with `set -x` set:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC
>
> + IFS=
> + printf %s\n RESET rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm
> + IFS=
>
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + IFS=
>
> + RET=10 rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm doesn't exist
> + return 10
> + true
> + db_fset rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm seen false
> + _db_cmd FSET rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm seen false
> + _db_internal_IFS=
>
> + IFS=
> + printf %s\n FSET rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm seen false
> + IFS=
>
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + IFS=
>
> + RET=10 rsyslog-pgsql/app-password-confirm doesn't exist
> + return 10
> + true
> + db_reset rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed
> + _db_cmd RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed
> + _db_internal_IFS=
>
> + IFS=
> + printf %s\n RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed
> + IFS=
>
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + IFS=
>
> + RET=10 rsyslog-pgsql/internal/skip-preseed doesn't exist
> + return 10
> + db_reset rsyslog-pgsql/internal/reconfiguring
> + _db_cmd RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/reconfiguring
> + _db_internal_IFS=
>
> + IFS=
> + printf %s\n RESET rsyslog-pgsql/internal/reconfiguring
> + IFS=
>
> + read -r _db_internal_line
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