[request-tracker-maintainers] Bug#518556: [rt-bugs at bestpractical.com: [fsck.com #13592] AutoReply: rt-setup-database uses wrong upgrade path]

[Dominic Hargreaves]

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Subject: [fsck.com #13592] AutoReply: rt-setup-database uses wrong upgrade path
	From: "Bugs in RT 3.x via RT" <rt-bugs at bestpractical.com>
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Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:42:30 -0400
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Greetings,

This message has been automatically generated in response to the
creation of a trouble ticket regarding:
	"rt-setup-database uses wrong upgrade path", 
a summary of which appears below.

There is no need to reply to this message right now.  Your ticket has been
assigned an ID of [fsck.com #13592].

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         [fsck.com #13592]

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                        rt-bugs at bestpractical.com

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rt-setup-database assumes that the upgrade data is in the current directory;
however if it has been installed on the system (eg as part of a Debian package)
this isn't correct.

We have patched the script in Debian as follows:

--- request-tracker3.8/sbin/rt-setup-database.in 2009-01-07 01:15:21.000000000
+0000
+++ request-tracker3.8/sbin/rt-setup-database.in.new 2009-03-09
17:10:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@

sub action_upgrade {
my %args = @_;
- my $base_dir = $args{'datadir'} || "./etc/upgrade";
+ my $base_dir = $args{'datadir'} || $RT::EtcPath . "/upgrade";
return (0, "Couldn't read dir '$base_dir' with upgrade data")
unless -d $base_dir || -r _;


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