[Bug 987207] [NEW] Puppetmaster-passenger will not start after reinstalling due to libapache2-mod-passenger

[Glenn Aaldering]

Public bug reported:

As requested by Micah Gersten:

When purging and installing puppetmaster-passenger again it wont start.
This is somehow due to a2enmod passenger which is not executed properly.
The output of the second install is attached as logfile since thats
where this bug shows up.

Howto reproduce on fresh ubuntu precise machine:
1: aptitude install puppetmaster-passenger
2: aptitude purge puppetmaster-passenger
3: aptitude install puppetmaster-passenger.

First install: apache2 is installed togheter with libapache2-mod-passenger. The install script of libapache2-mod-passenger will make sure a2enmod passenger is executed.
First purge: libapache2-mod-passenger gets removed, and mod-passenger is disabled (apache2 is not removed though)
Second install: libapache2-mod-passenger is installed again, but not enabled.

The workaround to properly reinstall without running into problems is to
completely remove puppetmaster-passenger and libapache2-mod-passenger:

1: aptitude install puppetmaster-passenger
2: aptitude purge puppetmaster-passenger
3: aptitude purge libapache2-mod-passenger
4: aptitude install puppetmaster-passenger

As far as I can see the problem is that when puppetmaster-passenger is
purged the dependency libapache2-mod-passenger doesnt get properly
removed. The next time puppetmaster-passenger is installed the
dependency mod-passenger wont get enabled. Im not sure if this is a bug
in the dependency control, or a bug in the install/remove scripts from
libapache2-mod-passenger.

** Affects: puppet (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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