Bug#342206: dpkg-reconfigure does not work for phpldapadmin
Hi,
I tweaked /var/lib/dpkg/info/phpldapadmin.config just a little bit and
modified line 9:
--- line 9 ---
if [ ! -f $CONFFILE ] || [ $(md5sum $CONFFILE | awk '{print $1}') =
43b124661b7e30fb94c37c3c221124eb ] || [ $1 = reconfigure ]; then
--- line9 ---
Then of course you have to modify /var/lib/dpkg/info/phpldapadmin.postinst a
little bit. I
removed line 25 (exit 0), because otherwise this script would just do nothing.
For me this is working.
After rechecking I realized, that this way does not work like I thought.
The dialog appears, OK. My old configuration was config. I set this to
session and reloaded phpldapadmin in my browser. Now I have to login.
Great. But then I want to set it back from session to config, so I
dpkg-reconfigure phpldapadmin and reaload it in my browser, but now I
have to login, again. So my way is buggy. Sorry.
So if find a way to solve this, great. Otherwise a note in README.Debian
would be nice. Or perhaps a dialog message, when you do a
dpkg-reconfigure, which tells you to delete the files first or asks you
to do it for you?
Regards,
Marc
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Bug#342206: dpkg-reconfigure does not work for phpldapadmin
Il giorno mar, 06/12/2005 alle 10.38 +0100, Marc Blumentritt ha scritto: Package: phpldapadmin Version: 0.9.5-3sarge2 Severity: minor When I use dpkg-reconfigure phpldapadmin nothing happens. I would expect some debconf configuration dialog, which allows me to reconfigure it. Only when I delete the files /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php and /usr/share/phpldapadmin/config.php (link to /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php), dpkg-reconfigure phpldapadmin works as expected and presents the debconf configuration dialog. Hi Marc, in my opinion the reconfigure target of dpkg can't delete a configuration file that could be modified by the system administrator, so I prefer to not implement such a feature. Perhaps the mentioned files should be deleted by /var/lib/dpkg/info/phpldapadmin.config, when it is called with the reconfigure argument, but I do not know, if this is a good idea, since I'm a noob in this area. If you agree (and think it would be useful), I could add a note about this behaviour (delete the config file to be asked again by debconf while reconfiguring) in README.Debian. I assume this would be enough. -- Fabio Tranchitella http://www.kobold.it Studio Tranchitella Assoc. Professionale http://www.tranchitella.it _ 1024D/7F961564, fpr 5465 6E69 E559 6466 BF3D 9F01 2BF8 EE2B 7F96 1564 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#342206: dpkg-reconfigure does not work for phpldapadmin
On 7 Dec 2005 at 8:12, Fabio Tranchitella wrote:
in my opinion the reconfigure target of dpkg can't delete a
configuration file that could be modified by the system administrator,
so I prefer to not implement such a feature.
I'm on your side here (I wrote, I do not know, if deleting is a good idea), but
I think, it
should be possible to reconfigure with dpkg-reconfigure, if the package was
configured
by debconf during installation. Is deleting config.php really the only way to
achieve this?
I tweaked /var/lib/dpkg/info/phpldapadmin.config just a little bit and modified
line 9:
--- line 9 ---
if [ ! -f $CONFFILE ] || [ $(md5sum $CONFFILE | awk '{print $1}') =
43b124661b7e30fb94c37c3c221124eb ] || [ $1 = reconfigure ]; then
--- line9 ---
Then of course you have to modify /var/lib/dpkg/info/phpldapadmin.postinst a
little bit. I
removed line 25 (exit 0), because otherwise this script would just do nothing.
For me this is working. Ok, I do not know what happens, if someone tweaked
config.php heavily, but this guy what not use dpkg-reconfigure, wouldn't he?
And if
heavy tweaking would make problems, then a warning message at the beginning of
debconf dialog would be appropriate.
I'm not quite sure about the second argument of the if clause. Where does the
given
md5sum come from and why are you checking this? $CONFFILE
(/etc/phpldapadmin/config.php) should always have a different md5sum, if some
user
defined parameters are set and the md5sum of
/usr/share/phpldapadmin/config.php.example is on my PC
829da044d6c402ca3db35bf9b70e5ac6 . Can you help me with this?
Perhaps the mentioned files should be deleted by
/var/lib/dpkg/info/phpldapadmin.config, when it is called with the
reconfigure argument, but I do not know, if this is a good idea,
since I'm a noob in this area.
If you agree (and think it would be useful), I could add a note about
this behaviour (delete the config file to be asked again by debconf
while reconfiguring) in README.Debian.
I assume this would be enough.
Well, I described another possible solution above. Honestly, I'm not a
programmer and I
never configured debconf files before, so I'm not sure, if it is a good
solution or if it could
brake something. But I think, that a simple dpkg-reconfigure should be enough
without
deleting first some files. In my opinion, a note in README.Debian should be the
last
option to solve this behaviour, if everything else fails.
Regards,
Marc Blumentritt
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Bug#342206: dpkg-reconfigure does not work for phpldapadmin
This one time, at band camp, Marc Blumentritt said: On 7 Dec 2005 at 8:12, Fabio Tranchitella wrote: in my opinion the reconfigure target of dpkg can't delete a configuration file that could be modified by the system administrator, so I prefer to not implement such a feature. I'm on your side here (I wrote, I do not know, if deleting is a good idea), but I think, it should be possible to reconfigure with dpkg-reconfigure, if the package was configured by debconf during installation. Is deleting config.php really the only way to achieve this? The use of ucf is another option, although it is a little tedious to get up to speed with. In the long run, it is probably the right solution for all packages that provide a debconf generated config file. -- - | ,''`.Stephen Gran | | : :' :[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `'Debian user, admin, and developer | |`- http://www.debian.org | - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#342206: dpkg-reconfigure does not work for phpldapadmin
Package: phpldapadmin Version: 0.9.5-3sarge2 Severity: minor When I use dpkg-reconfigure phpldapadmin nothing happens. I would expect some debconf configuration dialog, which allows me to reconfigure it. Only when I delete the files /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php and /usr/share/phpldapadmin/config.php (link to /etc/phpldapadmin/config.php), dpkg-reconfigure phpldapadmin works as expected and presents the debconf configuration dialog. Perhaps the mentioned files should be deleted by /var/lib/dpkg/info/phpldapadmin.config, when it is called with the reconfigure argument, but I do not know, if this is a good idea, since I'm a noob in this area. Regards, Marc Blumentritt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
