Bug#838551: mediawiki: Update breaks mediawiki-extensions, leaving unusable system

[Thomas Erichsen]

Hi Kunal,

Thanks for getting back to me. I guess the main issue is, that
extensions which could be used from the repository before (like the
mediawiki-extensions-ldapauth) now need additional hands-on to make them
work again. Would have been nicer, if the mediawiki-extensions would
have been upgraded as well.

Anyway, my system is back to work, and most probably the entry you made
in the Wiki will be enough in case anyone else jumps in the same issue
like I did.

Greetings,
Thomas





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Bug#838551: mediawiki: Update breaks mediawiki-extensions, leaving unusable system

[Kunal Mehta]

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Hi,

On 09/22/2016 01:06 AM, Thomas Erichsen wrote:
> Today I installed a pending upgrade for mediawiki, leaving my
> system in a complete mess: obviously, the upgrade breaks
> mediawiki-extensions, from which I used several and specifically
> the Ldap-authentication. I understand, that the former extensions
> are now partly included in the mediawiki package, right? Shouldn't
> there be a note how to configure the system to work again after
> breaking it by this upgrade?

Sorry to hear about that :(

I've updated  to note that the
mediawiki-extensions* packages are no longer supported. You should
download a more modern version of the extension from mediawiki.org.

The extensions which are bundled with the upstream tarball are
included in the "mediawiki" package itself.

Is there anywhere else you'd expect a note to let you know how to
upgrade/migrate?

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Bug#838551: mediawiki: Update breaks mediawiki-extensions, leaving unusable system

[Thomas Erichsen]

Package: mediawiki
Version: 1:1.27.1-2~bpo8+1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

Today I installed a pending upgrade for mediawiki, leaving my system in a 
complete mess: obviously, the upgrade breaks mediawiki-extensions, from which I 
used several and specifically the Ldap-authentication. I understand, that the 
former extensions are now partly included in the mediawiki package, right? 
Shouldn't there be a note how to configure the system to work again after 
breaking it by this upgrade?

Regards,
Thomas


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.6
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages mediawiki depends on:
ii  apache2 [httpd]  2.4.10-10+deb8u7
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork [httpd]  2.4.10-10+deb8u7
ii  libjs-jquery 1.7.2+dfsg-3.2
ii  mediawiki-classes1:1.27.1-2~bpo8+1
ii  mime-support 3.58
ii  php5 5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  php5-common  5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  php5-mysql   5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1

Versions of packages mediawiki recommends:
ii  mysql-server   5.5.52-0+deb8u1
ii  php-wikidiff2  1.2+git03ea59f-1
ii  php5-cli   5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  php5-curl  5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  php5-intl  5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  python 2.7.9-1

Versions of packages mediawiki suggests:
pn  clamav   
pn  hhvm 
ii  imagemagick  8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4
pn  memcached
pn  php5-apcu
ii  php5-gd  5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/apache2/conf-available/mediawiki.conf changed:
Alias /mediawiki /var/lib/mediawiki
Alias /wiki /var/lib/mediawiki

Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
= 2.3>

Require ip 134.147.66.128/25
Require ip 10.147.66.128/25
Require ip 134.147.139.128/26
Require ip 10.147.139.128/26
Require ip 127.0.0.1



order allow,deny
allow from all



Options -FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None

php_admin_flag engine off



Options -FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None

php_admin_flag engine off



Options -FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None

php_admin_flag engine off



/etc/mediawiki/apache.conf 2fc573bdfa17c1f85e93dbff87b8face [Errno 2] No such 
file or directory: u'/etc/mediawiki/apache.conf 
2fc573bdfa17c1f85e93dbff87b8face'
/etc/mediawiki/cherokee.conf 9bef51969672b3abea3c9ca960bd1163 [Errno 2] No such 
file or directory: u'/etc/mediawiki/cherokee.conf 
9bef51969672b3abea3c9ca960bd1163'

-- debconf information:
  mediawiki/webserver: apache2