[Pkg-dspam-misc] Bug#700521: libdspam7-drv-mysql upgrade breaks dspam, eradicating SQL db config parameters

[Thomas Preud'homme]

Le vendredi 22 février 2013 18:22:46, Petr Baudis a écrit :
>   Hi!
> 

> 
>   I see. I assume you mean "squeeze" instead of "lenny"? :)

Nope, I really meant lenny. There was no dspam in squeeze.

> 
> > I'm not completely familiar with dbconfig and ucf so I don't know if
> > there is a way to recover the value. But since the mysql config is quite
> > small, one "solution" would be to just do a backup, purge and reinstall
> > the file and then copy back the changes.
> 
>   Of course, this sounds like a possible solution - but only if one
> knows to backup this file in advance.

Only the database connection parameters are lost. Rest of the configuration is 
unchanged. So when the bug is encountered, it's still time to backup, purge 
and reinstall the package which will configure again some new connection 
settings and just copy/paste the changes previously made in the configuration 
and not related to the connection settings.

> 
>   If this does not affect squeeze -> wheezy upgrade path, I think that
> at this point, NEWS entry would not serve much purpose, given that most
> people affected by this probably already upgraded the packages at this
> point so a NEWS entry won't help them either. However, if such violent
> changes occur in the future, I think it would be a good idea to include
> a NEWS at the same time.

True indeed. My sincere apologize, I should have thought about it earlier.

> 
>   Thanks,
> 
> 				Petr "Pasky" Baudis

Best regards,

Thomas Preud'homme
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