Bug#988991: wordpress: setup-mysql should also set FS_METHOD

[Craig Small]

On Sun, 23 May 2021 at 03:33, Paul Gevers  wrote:

> After some Apache2 tweaking, I got stuff working but installing plugins
> or themes failed with a question to provide ftp credentials. As the host
> I am migrating away from didn't need that I tried to achieve the same.
> It took me quite some time to find out that I manually changed
> /etc/wordpress/config-.php to include
> `define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');`
> After doing the same on the new host, installing plugin and themes works.
>
That's a reasonable default. I've adjusted setup-mysql to use FS_METHOD of
direct.
The main issue is the "check direct is safe" code is setting off some false
positives so then tries to use other methods which fail.

As the administrator is free to change it to whatever they want after the
initial installation, the default should be the least surprising setup,
such as direct.

 - Craig

Bug#988991: wordpress: setup-mysql should also set FS_METHOD

[Paul Gevers]

Package: wordpress
Version: 5.0.12+dfsg1-0+deb10u1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

Installed WordPress on a new host

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
 ineffective)?

I created a new site with setup-mysql

   * What was the outcome of this action?

After some Apache2 tweaking, I got stuff working but installing plugins
or themes failed with a question to provide ftp credentials. As the host
I am migrating away from didn't need that I tried to achieve the same.
It took me quite some time to find out that I manually changed
/etc/wordpress/config-.php to include
`define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');`
After doing the same on the new host, installing plugin and themes works.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

As this file is generated by setup-mysql, it could/should write this
line too, probablye with comments, maybe commented out.

I looked at
https://sources.debian.org/src/wordpress/5.7.1+dfsg1-2/debian/setup-mysql/
to see if the current version is better, but it doesn't seem to add it.

Paul

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.9
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-16-armmp-lpae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages wordpress depends on:
ii  apache2 [httpd] 2.4.38-3+deb10u4
ii  ca-certificates 20200601~deb10u2
ii  default-mysql-client1.0.5
ii  libapache2-mod-php  2:7.3+69
ii  libapache2-mod-php7.3 [libapache2-mod-php]  7.3.27-1~deb10u1
ii  libjs-cropper   1.2.2-1
ii  mariadb-client-10.3 [virtual-mysql-client]  1:10.3.27-0+deb10u1
ii  php-gd  2:7.3+69
ii  php-getid3  1.9.17+dfsg-1
ii  php-mysql   2:7.3+69
ii  php7.3-gd [php-gd]  7.3.27-1~deb10u1
ii  php7.3-mysql [php-mysqlnd]  7.3.27-1~deb10u1

Versions of packages wordpress recommends:
ii  wordpress-l10n  5.0.12+dfsg1-0+deb10u1
ii  wordpress-theme-twentynineteen  5.0.12+dfsg1-0+deb10u1

Versions of packages wordpress suggests:
ii  mariadb-server-10.3 [virtual-mysql-server]  1:10.3.27-0+deb10u1
pn  php-ssh2

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/wordpress/htaccess changed [not included]

-- debconf information excluded



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