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** Description changed: Binary package hint: global Package: global Version: 5.7.1-1 The following command in the postinst fails: hostname --fqdn outputing this: hostname: Unknown host Indeed, my fqdn was unknown at the time, but that shouldn't have caused my upgrade to Jaunty to fail. + [Impact] + This bug causes upgrades to fail. At this time, the bug has 23 duplicates, and there is a steady trickle of reports from affected users on Lucid and other old releases. + + While there are no reverse dependencies, Apt reports the upgrade as + failed, and dpkg reports broken packages. + + [Development Fix] + Package 5.7.1-2 contains this patch: + + --- global-5.7.1/debian/global.postinst + +++ global-5.7.1/debian/global.postinst + @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ + set -e + if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; + then + - HOST=`hostname --fqdn` + + HOST=$(hostname --fqdn) || HOST="localhost" + htconfig -I -a http://${HOST}/cgi-bin/gsearch.cgi -p /var/lib/gsearch/pathdata /usr/lib/cgi-bin + fi + + The only other change is 5.7.1-2 is an update of the Depends: in the + control file. + + [Stable Fix] + See [Development Fix] + + [Test Case] + The postinst script should succeed on a system where /etc/hostname contains an unqualified hostname. + + [Regression Potential] + Fail to identify how this could be harmful. (They all say that, don't they?) + ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Dependencies: - libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4 - gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4 - findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4 - libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6 + libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4 + gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4 + findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4 + libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ErrorMessage: - ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 + ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Package: global 5.7.1-1 SourcePackage: global Title: package global 5.7.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398009 Title: global: pkg fails to configure if FQDN unknown To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/global/+bug/398009/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
