I've attached a patch that I think will fix this. I removed the bit
about checking to see if a password isn't required. I figured if that is
the case, then the password tried later on will be blank.
Index: debian/postinst
===================================================================
--- debian/postinst (revision 5)
+++ debian/postinst (revision 7)
@@ -298,22 +298,13 @@
db_get sympa/db_type
db_type="$RET"
- pass_required=1
- db_get sympa/db_askifpassneeded
-
case $db_type in
"PostgreSQL")
db_type="Pg"
;;
"MySQL")
db_type="mysql"
- if [ "$RET" = "false" ]; then
- # Check if we can gain access to MySQL without
password
- if mysql mysql </dev/null; then
- pass_required=0
- fi
- fi
;;
esac
Index: debian/prepare_db
===================================================================
--- debian/prepare_db (revision 5)
+++ debian/prepare_db (revision 7)
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
# source debconf library
. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+db_get sympa/use_db
+if [ "$RET" == "true" ]; then
+ pass_required=1;
+fi
+
if [ "$pass_required" = 1 ]; then
# create temporary sympa configuration file with
# adminstrative credentials
