[Bug 398009] [NEW] global: pkg fails to configure if FQDN unknown

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Binary package hint: global

Package: global
Version: 5.7.1-1

The following command in the postinst fails:

hostname --fqdn

outputing this:

hostname: Unknown host

Indeed, my fqdn was unknown at the time, but that shouldn't
have caused my upgrade to Jaunty to fail.

[Impact]
This bug causes upgrades to fail.  At this time, the bug has 23 duplicates, and there is a steady trickle of reports from affected users on Lucid and other old releases.

While there are no reverse dependencies, Apt reports the upgrade as
failed, and dpkg reports broken packages.

[Development Fix]
Package 5.7.1-2 contains this patch:

--- global-5.7.1/debian/global.postinst
+++ global-5.7.1/debian/global.postinst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 if [ "$1" = "configure" ];
 then
-	HOST=`hostname --fqdn`
+	HOST=$(hostname --fqdn) || HOST="localhost"
 	htconfig -I -a http://${HOST}/cgi-bin/gsearch.cgi -p /var/lib/gsearch/pathdata /usr/lib/cgi-bin
 fi

The only other change is 5.7.1-2 is an update of the Depends: in the
control file.

[Stable Fix]
See [Development Fix]

[Test Case]
The postinst script should succeed on a system where /etc/hostname contains an unqualified hostname.

[Regression Potential]
Fail to identify how this could be harmful.  (They all say that, don't they?)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
 libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: global 5.7.1-1
SourcePackage: global
Title: package global 5.7.1-1 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686

** Affects: global (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: global (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: global (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Fix Released


** Tags: apport-package i386
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global: pkg fails to configure if FQDN unknown
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398009
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