Debian Bug report logs - #587380
debconf-set-selections: --checkonly issues warning about password db

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Package: debconf; Maintainer for debconf is Debconf Developers <[email protected]>; Source for debconf is src:debconf (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Affects: simple-cdd

Reported by: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:27:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version debconf/1.5.24

Fixed in version debconf/1.5.78

Done: Colin Watson <[email protected]>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to [email protected], Debconf Developers <[email protected]>:
Bug#587380; Package debconf. (Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debconf Developers <[email protected]>. (Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:27:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: debconf-set-selections: --checkonly issues warning about password db
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:23:06 -0700
Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.24
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

when running debconf-set-selections --checkonly as a non-root user, it issues
the following warning:

  debconf-set-selections --checkonly /usr/share/simple-cdd/profiles/default.preseed
  debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied

is it possible to check the format of a preseeding file without actually
accessing the debconf password database and issuing a warning?

that would be nice. thanks!

live well,
  vagrant

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (103, 'testing'), (102, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (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/bash

Versions of packages debconf depends on:
ii  debconf-i18n             1.5.24          full internationalization support 
ii  perl-base                5.10.0-19lenny2 minimal Perl system

Versions of packages debconf recommends:
ii  apt-utils                0.7.20.2+lenny2 APT utility programs

Versions of packages debconf suggests:
ii  debconf-doc           1.5.24             debconf documentation
pn  debconf-utils         <none>             (no description available)
pn  libgnome2-perl        <none>             (no description available)
pn  libnet-ldap-perl      <none>             (no description available)
pn  libqt-perl            <none>             (no description available)
ii  libterm-readline-gnu- 1.17a-2+b1         Perl extension for the GNU Readlin
ii  perl                  5.10.0-19lenny2    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  whiptail              0.52.2-11.3+lenny1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

-- debconf information excluded




Added indication that bug 587380 blocks 640344 Request was from Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 17 Jan 2017 23:27:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Added indication that 587380 affects simple-cdd Request was from Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 17 Jan 2017 23:27:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to [email protected], Debconf Developers <[email protected]>:
Bug#587380; Package debconf. (Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:06:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Marc Haber <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debconf Developers <[email protected]>. (Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:06:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #14 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#587380: debconf-set-selections: --checkonly issues warning about password db
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:03:14 +0200
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 07:23:06PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> the following warning:
> 
>   debconf-set-selections --checkonly /usr/share/simple-cdd/profiles/default.preseed
>   debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
> 
> is it possible to check the format of a preseeding file without actually
> accessing the debconf password database and issuing a warning?
> 
>that would be nice. thanks!

Can this please have some maintainer attention after almost eleven
years?

Greetings
Marc




Message sent on to Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>:
Bug#587380. (Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #17 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bug#587380 marked as pending in debconf
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 11:58:38 +0000
Control: tag -1 pending

Hello,

Bug #587380 in debconf reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-debconf/debconf/-/commit/e5088d7ce0397ce32f42b8e59e9c0b094c3447a1

------------------------------------------------------------------------
debconf-set-selections: Quieten --checkonly

Disable non-fatal warnings when loading database in --checkonly mode,
such as those shown due to the calling user not having permission to
read the system's passwords.dat.

Closes: #587380
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/587380



Added tag(s) pending. Request was from Colin Watson <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Colin Watson <[email protected]>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:51:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:51:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #24 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bug#587380: fixed in debconf 1.5.78
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:48:23 +0000
Source: debconf
Source-Version: 1.5.78
Done: Colin Watson <[email protected]>

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.
Colin Watson <[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])


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:28:56 +0100
Source: debconf
Architecture: source
Version: 1.5.78
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debconf Developers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
Closes: 587380 983425 989567
Changes:
 debconf (1.5.78) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Colin Watson ]
   * debconf-set-selections: Disable non-fatal warnings when loading database
     in --checkonly mode (closes: #587380).
 .
   [ Helmut Grohne ]
   * delete debconf postinst script and transition_db.pl as they only handle
     upgrades from pre-etch (closes: #989567)
 .
   [ Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues ]
   * add support for DPKG_ROOT set in maintainer scripts (closes: #983425)
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Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Fri, 26 Nov 2021 07:29:56 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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