Daniel Baumann wrote: > Package: debconf > Severity: important > Owner: debian-live@lists.debian.org > Affects: live-initramfs 1.236.1-1 > > Hi, > > I'm having a weird problem with debconf which breaks live-initramfs > 1.236.1-1: > > + db_set passwd/root-password-crypted * > + _db_cmd SET passwd/root-password-crypted * > + IFS= printf %s\n SET passwd/root-password-crypted * > + IFS= > read -r _db_internal_line > debconf: Problem setting up the database defined by stanza 6 of > /tmp/debconf.WiUt9e/debconf.conf. > Attempt to access disallowed key '+readonly' in a restricted hash at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver.pm line 35, <DEBCONF_CONFIG> chunk 6. > + RET= > + return > > surprisingly, the exactely same version works without any problems in lenny: > > + db_set passwd/root-password-crypted * > + _db_cmd SET passwd/root-password-crypted * > + IFS= printf %s\n SET passwd/root-password-crypted * > + IFS= > read -r _db_internal_line > + RET= > + return > > i couldn't find anything related in the debconf changelog, is this a > bug, or did something change, and how can i fix it or workaround it? > > also, if you need further information, i'm of course happy to provide it. Seems like the minimum information you could provide for a bug of this sort would always be the version of debconf you are using, and a copy of the config file that breaks it. I made an educated guess, and modified my /etc/debconf.conf to contain this line: +Readonly: true And reproduced the problem that way. Are you really leaking patch +- markers into your debconf.conf? -- see shy jo
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