[DRE-maint] Bug#570178: redmine: broken host prompt in debconf

[Antoine Beaupre]

Package: redmine
Version: 0.9.1-1~bpo50+1
Severity: minor

Hi again,

[Sorry for the multiple bug reports without patches... I may find the time to actually 
fix those things in the future, but right now I prefer to file so they are not 
forgotten. :)]

When configuring a remote SQL server, I need to run debconf with "low" priority to get 
all the prompts. One of the prompts I see is this:

 ┌───────────────────────────────┤ Configuring redmine ├───────────────────────────────┐    
 │ Please provide the hostname of a remote  server.                                    │    
 │                                                                                     │    
 │ Note: you must have already arranged for the administrative account to be able to   │    
 │ remotely create databases and grant privileges.                                     │    
 │                                                                                     │    
 │ Host running the  server for redmine/instances/koumbit:                             │    
 ....

Note the weird spacing in "Host running the  server for"... I suspect this should read:

 │ Host running the mysql server for redmine/instances/koumbit:                        │

It seems the sql server type choice from the previous prompt didn't get propagated 
right.

This may be an issue with dbcommon-config though.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (2, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-vserver-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages redmine depends on:
ii  dbconfig-common         1.8.39           common framework for packaging dat
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.24           Debian configuration management sy
ii  libjs-prototype         1.6.1-1~bpo50+1  JavaScript Framework for dynamic w
ii  libjs-scriptaculous     1.8.3-1~bpo50+1  JavaScript library for dynamic web
ii  rails                   2.2.3-1~bpo50+1  MVC ruby based framework geared fo
ii  rake                    0.8.7-1~bpo50+1  a ruby build program
ii  redmine-mysql           0.9.1-1~bpo50+1  metapackage providing MySQL depend
ii  ruby                    4.2              An interpreter of object-oriented 
ii  ruby1.8                 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 Interpreter of object-oriented scr

Versions of packages redmine recommends:
pn  libapache2-mod-fcgid          <none>     (no description available)
ii  libfcgi-ruby1.8 [libfcgi-ruby 0.8.7-4.1  FastCGI library for Ruby

Versions of packages redmine suggests:
ii  apache2-mpm-worker [http 2.2.9-10+lenny6 Apache HTTP Server - high speed th
ii  libopenid-ruby           2.1.2debian-1   Ruby library for verifying and ser
pn  librmagick-ruby          <none>          (no description available)
pn  libsvn-ruby              <none>          (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  redmine/instances/default/db/app-user: redmine
  redmine/instances/default/passwords-do-not-match:
* redmine/instances/default/default-language: fr
* redmine/instances/default/remote/newhost: mysql.koumbit.net
  redmine/instances/default/db/basepath:
  redmine/notify-migration:
  redmine/old-instances:
  redmine/instances/default/upgrade-error: abort
  redmine/instances/default/pgsql/changeconf: false
  redmine/instances/default/missing-db-package-error: retry
  redmine/instances/default/db/dbname: redmine_default
  redmine/instances/default/purge: false
* redmine/current-instances: default
* redmine/instances/default/remote/host: mysql.koumbit.net
  redmine/default-language: ${defaultLocale}
  redmine/instances/default/pgsql/no-empty-passwords:
  redmine/instances/default/dbconfig-upgrade: true
  redmine/instances/default/internal/reconfiguring: true
  redmine/instances/default/upgrade-backup: true
  redmine/instances/default/pgsql/method: unix socket
  redmine/instances/default/install-error: retry
* redmine/instances/default/mysql/admin-user: root
* redmine/instances/default/database-type: mysql
  redmine/instances/default/pgsql/manualconf:
  redmine/instances/default/pgsql/authmethod-admin: ident
* redmine/instances/default/mysql/method: tcp/ip
  redmine/instances/default/internal/skip-preseed: true
  redmine/instances/default/pgsql/admin-user: postgres
  redmine/instances/default/remove-error: abort
  redmine/instances/default/dbconfig-remove:
* redmine/instances/default/remote/port:
  redmine/instances/default/pgsql/authmethod-user: password
* redmine/instances/default/dbconfig-install: true
* redmine/instances/default/dbconfig-reinstall: false