Bug#592117: debbugsconfig fails due to missing /etc/debbugs/indices/ directory
Package: debbugs
Version: 2.4.2~exp1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi there, I rebuilt the packages from experimental on my testing system, but
it looks like this problem may exist in previous versions as well. We doing a
fresh install of debbugs and running debbugsconfig for the first time, it dies
while trying to copy the /usr/share/doc/debbugs/examples/sources file to
/etc/debbugs/indices/ since that directory does not exist. This stops
debbugsconfig from running to completion.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
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/dash
Versions of packages debbugs depends on:
ii exim4 4.72-1 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.72-1 lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii libdebbugs-perl 2.4.2~exp1 modules used by the active Debian
ii perl 5.10.1-13 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages debbugs recommends:
ii debbugs-web 2.4.2~exp1 web scripts for the active Debian
Versions of packages debbugs suggests:
pn libcgi-alert-perl <none> (no description available)
pn spamassassin <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
=== modified file 'debian/debbugsconfig'
--- debian/debbugsconfig 2005-01-16 22:27:09 +0000
+++ debian/debbugsconfig 2010-08-07 16:03:35 +0000
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
sub template {
my ($name, $destdir) = @_;
if (! -f "$destdir/$name") {
+ if (! -d $destdir ) {
+ File::Path::make_path($destdir, {'mode' => 0755 });
+ print "created $destdir/.\n";
+ }
system("cp /usr/share/doc/debbugs/examples/$name $destdir/$name") == 0 ||
die "$!";
print "created $destdir/$name from template.\n";
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