[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 179280] libapache2-mod-mono fails to preconfigure

[John Ryan]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: libapache2-mod-mono

When trying to install libapache2-mod-mono for the first time, the
package fails to preconfigure because the file /etc/apache2/mod-
available/mod_mono.conf is not available.  It will be installed by the
libapache2-mod-mono package.  The installation output is given below:

user at host:/etc/mono-server2$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-mono
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-mono
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/35.0kB of archives.
After unpacking 164kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Using mono-apache-server2...
/tmp/libapache2-mod-mono.config.77141: line 70: /etc/apache2/mods-available/mod_mono.conf: No such file or directory
libapache2-mod-mono failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package libapache2-mod-mono.
(Reading database ... 121322 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libapache2-mod-mono (from .../libapache2-mod-mono_1.2.4-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libapache2-mod-mono (1.2.4-1) ...
Using mono-apache-server2...
Module mod_mono installed; run /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload to enable.

Workaround:
To ensure a clean install, you can simply remove (don't autoremove or purge) the package and re-install:

sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-mono
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-mono

Because /etc/apache2/mod-available/mod_mono.conf now exists, the second
installation will complete cleanly.

Cause:
The two lines running 'sed' in the following section of the config script in the installation package should be enclosed by a check for the existence of the file /etc/apache2/mods-available/mod_mono.conf:

# Change the includes as appropriate
MONO_CONF=/etc/apache2/mods-available/mod_mono.conf

case "$USE_MONO_SERVER" in
    none)
	# Can't find anything
	echo "Either mono-apache-server or mono-apache-server2 needs "
	echo "to be installed."
	exit 1
	;;
    mod-mono-server)
	echo "Using mono-apache-server..."
	sed 's@^Include.*$@Include /etc/mono-server/mono-server-hosts.conf@' \
	    < $MONO_CONF > $tempfile
	cp -f $tempfile $MONO_CONF
	rm -f $tempfile
	;;
    mod-mono-server2)
	echo "Using mono-apache-server2..."
	sed 's@^Include.*$@Include /etc/mono-server2/mono-server2-hosts.conf@'\
	    < $MONO_CONF > $tempfile
	cp -f $tempfile $MONO_CONF
	rm -f $tempfile
	;;
esac

** Affects: mod-mono (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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libapache2-mod-mono fails to preconfigure
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179280
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