Bug#401757: [pkg-horde] Bug#401757: horde3 configuration generated automatically is missing some fundamental parameters

[Ola Lundqvist]

severity 401757 important
thanks

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 07:00:02PM +0100, Massimo Manghi wrote:
> Package: horde3
> Version: 3.1.3-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> I installed horde3 on etch using a clean system that had no previous
> horde/imp installation. After having carried out every single step
> in the installation checklist, changed the authorization bits and so on,
> I was able to access the configuration page and chose some requested
> options. As i generated the configuration horde3 was ipso-facto hosed 
> since some fundamental parameters are actually missing in the conf files. 

What is missing, and what configuration file are you referring to?

> At first scripts are stuck with the charset parameter not being 
> specified in the conf global structure. 
> Hacking the conf structure with an editor overcomes that problem but 
> scripts then fail inexorably with the following error 
> 
> DB Error: not found
> 
> [line 393 of /usr/share/horde3/lib/Horde/Prefs/sql.php]
> ...
> Unable to include the DB/.php file for 'Array'"
> 
> I suggest to provide a reasonable default for each and every
> one parameter that might be otherwise left out of the conf files, 
> given the complexity and size of the configuration.

That is simply not possible as we do not know what database or
other thing you want to configure it against.

In horde2 automation was available but the problem with that was that
it was so incredibly hard to get it working and now there is a
configuration wizard available that help you some.

> For some steps the documentation provided in README.Debian
> is inaccurate (admittedly the package is not simple either): 

I agree that the package is not simple.

> eg the README suggests to create separately the
> session table, whereas it is created by default by the script 
> that created the basic horde3 database (mysql), no file location for
Hmm that may be incorrect. I have not checked recently.
 
> the 'php_flag session.auto_start Off' setting is provided 

That is because it depends on php version.

> (I found one in /etc/php4/apache/php.ini with a slighly different 
> syntax. Is that the one?). The README makes reference to a link
> (``Configuration``) in the Administration menu that doesn't exist
> (maybe this is the real problem?)

What link are you referring to?

And if you are referring to the Configuration wizard page, then yes
you are referring to your real problem!

> thank you for your efforts and sorry for my inability 
> to stay concise.

Regards,

// Ola

> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 4.0
>   APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> 
> Versions of packages horde3 depends on:
> ii  apache [httpd]                1.3.34-4   versatile, high-performance HTTP s
> ii  libapache-mod-php4            6:4.4.4-8  server-side, HTML-embedded scripti
> ii  php-log                       1.9.8-1    Log module for PEAR
> ii  php-pear                      5.2.0-7    PEAR - PHP Extension and Applicati
> ii  php4-domxml                   6:4.4.4-8  XMLv2 module for php4
> ii  php4-pear                     6:4.4.4-8  PHP Extension and Application Repo
> 
> Versions of packages horde3 recommends:
> ii  logrotate                     3.7.1-3    Log rotation utility
> ii  php-date                      1.4.6-1    PHP PEAR module for date and time 
> ii  php-file                      1.0.3-1    PHP Pear modules for common file a
> ii  php-mail                      1.1.6-2    PHP PEAR module for sending email
> ii  php-mail-mime                 1.3.1-1    PHP PEAR module for creating and d
> ii  php-services-weather          1.4.0-1    acts as an interface to various on
> ii  php4-gd [php4-gd2]            6:4.4.4-8  GD module for php4
> ii  php4-mcrypt                   6:4.4.4-8  MCrypt module for php4
> ii  php4-mysql                    6:4.4.4-8  MySQL module for php4
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
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