sys: explain how to fix the issue on "debconf-get-selections missing" error

[matthijs/upstream/backupninja.git] / handlers / sys.in

diff --git a/handlers/sys.in b/handlers/sys.in
index 399a8bded5d9d089936816e24a213cd536ccff22..f293840157b323004092ffac8db97309a272ddb7 100755 (executable)
--- a/handlers/sys.in
+++ b/handlers/sys.in
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if [ "$packages" == "yes" ]; then
             continue
          fi
          # is $packagemgr available inside $vserver ?
-         if [ ! -x "$VROOTDIR/$vserver`$VSERVER $vserver exec which $packagemgr`" ]; then
+         if [ ! -x "${VROOTDIR}/${vserver}${packagemgr}" ]; then
             warning "can't find $packagemgr in vserver $vserver, skipping installed packages report."
          else
             # don't expand * since it can be used in $packagemgroptions
@@ -126,12 +126,21 @@ if [ "$packages" == "yes" ]; then
             set +o noglob
          fi
          # is $debconfgetselections available inside $vserver ?
-         if [ -z "`$VSERVER $vserver exec which debconf-get-selections`" ]; then
-            warning "can't find debconf-get-selections in vserver $vserver, skipping package selection states."
+         found=no
+         # case #1: it is available on the host, is it available inside $vserver ?
+         if [ -n "$debconfgetselections" ]; then
+            [ -x "${VROOTDIR}/${vserver}${debconfgetselections}" ] && found=yes
+         # case #2: it is not available on the host, is it available inside $vserver ?
+         else
+            [ -n "`$VSERVER $vserver exec which debconf-get-selections`" ] && found=yes
+         fi
+         if [ "$found" != yes ]; then
+            warning "can't find debconf-get-selections in vserver $vserver, skipping package selection states. You may want to install the debconf-utils package."
          else
             debug "$VSERVER $vserver exec $debconfgetselections > $VROOTDIR/$vserver$selectionsfile"
             $VSERVER $vserver exec $debconfgetselections > $VROOTDIR/$vserver$selectionsfile || fatal "can not save debconf-get-selections info to $selectionsfile"
          fi
+         unset found
       done
    fi
    
@@ -146,7 +155,7 @@ if [ "$packages" == "yes" ]; then
       set +o noglob
    fi
    if [ -z "$debconfgetselections" ]; then
-      warning "can't find ${debconfgetselections}, skipping package selection states."
+      warning "can't find debconf-get-selections, skipping package selection states. You might want to install the debconf-utils package."
    else
       debug "$debconfgetselections > $selectionsfile"
       $debconfgetselections > $selectionsfile || fatal "can not save $debconfgetselections info to $selectionsfile"
@@ -217,7 +226,7 @@ catifexec "/bin/df" "-al"
 
 STATUS="Collecting what services run at what run level:"
 if [ $os = "redhat" ]; then
-   catifexec "/sbin/chkconfig --list"
+   catifexec "/sbin/chkconfig" "--list"
    STATUS="Collecting information about /etc/rc.d:"
    catiffile "/bin/ls /etc/rc.d/rc*.d/"
 
@@ -236,7 +245,7 @@ elif [ $os = "debian" ]; then
 fi
 
 STATUS="Getting bootloader information:"
-catifexec "/bin/ls -alR /boot"
+catifexec "/bin/ls" "-alR /boot"
 
 # This covers sparc, alpha, and intel (respectively)
 # updated for grub -mpg
@@ -251,7 +260,7 @@ fi
 if [ -f /etc/lilo.conf ]; then
   STATUS="Collecting information about the boot process (lilo):"
   catiffile "/etc/lilo.conf"
-  catifexec "/sbin/lilo -q"
+  catifexec "/sbin/lilo" "-q"
 fi
 if [ -d /boot/grub -a -f /boot/grub/grub.conf -a -f /boot/grub/device.map ]; then
   STATUS="Collecting information about the boot process (grub.conf):"
@@ -277,13 +286,13 @@ STATUS="Gathering sysctl information (/etc/sysctl.conf):"
 catiffile "/etc/sysctl.conf"
 
 STATUS="Gathering IP information (/sbin/ifconfig):"
-catifexec "/sbin/ifconfig -a"
+catifexec "/sbin/ifconfig" "-a"
 
 STATUS="Gathering additional IP information (/bin/ip addr list):"
-catifexec "/bin/ip addr list"
+catifexec "/bin/ip" "addr list"
 
 STATUS="Checking network routes:"
-catifexec "/sbin/route -n"
+catifexec "/sbin/route" "-n"
 
 STATUS="Collecting Name Service Switch config information:"
 catiffile "/etc/nsswitch.conf"
@@ -302,7 +311,7 @@ catifexec "/sbin/lsmod"
 for x  in $(/sbin/lsmod | /bin/cut -f1 -d" " 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep -v Module 2>/dev/null 
 ) ; do
   STATUS="Checking module information $x:"
-  catifexec "/sbin/modinfo  $x"
+  catifexec "/sbin/modinfo" "$x"
 done
 
 STATUS="Gathering information about your filesystems:"
@@ -393,7 +402,7 @@ STATUS="Collecting information from /etc/fstab:"
 catiffile "/etc/fstab"
 
 STATUS="Collecting disk partition information:"
-catifexec "/sbin/fdisk -l"
+catifexec "/sbin/fdisk" "-l"
 
 STATUS="Checking mounted file systems (mount) "
 catifexec "/bin/mount"