Re: [Refdb-users] RefDB web page..

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

$,1 .(Bo$,1 /(Bo writes:
 > Hi Markus,
 > explanation is simple. The script is lookign for the file in
 > /etc/refdb/ directory, but file itself is located in
 > /usr/share/refdb/etc/.
 > The same problem is with refdbarc.example and very likely with some
 > more files. So script does not match the data structure.
 > 

refdb-init is created at build time from refdb-init.in. The Makefile
performs a couple of string substitutions, one of them sets the prefix
of the system configuration directory appropriately. Looks like this
went awry somehow when the Debian packages were built (can anyone
confirm this?). You've got two options then:

- proceed with a manual setup as described in the handbook (it is not
that hard after all)

- build RefDB from the sources instead of using the package

Unfortunately I can't do much about broken Debian packages. Our
package maintainer seems to be on a hiatus, and I don't run Debian
myself.
 
 > Failed to install or upgrade main database
 > 

This is most likely a consequence of the missing configuration
file. refdbd is then forced to use its defaults, apparently without
success. This problem should go away as soon as you have suitable
config files in place.

regards,
Markus

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