Problem upgrading zabbix-frontend-php 3.2.9

[q2413667]

Hi, I was upgrading zabbix 3.2.8 to 3.2.9 on Debian 9, using official repo from here "https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.2/manual/installation/install_from_packages/repository_installation"

All package has been upgrade correctly, except zabbix-frontend-php

apt-get install zabbix-frontend-php
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  zabbix-frontend-php
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/2,080 kB of archives.
After this operation, 14.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package zabbix-frontend-php.
(Reading database ... 31534 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../zabbix-frontend-php_1%3a3.2.9-1+stretch_all.deb ...
Unpacking zabbix-frontend-php (1:3.2.9-1+stretch) ...
Setting up zabbix-frontend-php (1:3.2.9-1+stretch) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/zabbix-frontend-php.postinst: line 11: syntax error near unexpected token `then'
dpkg: error processing package zabbix-frontend-php (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 zabbix-frontend-php
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ii  zabbix-agent                         1:3.2.9-1+stretch              amd64        Zabbix network monitoring solution - agent
iF  zabbix-frontend-php                  1:3.2.9-1+stretch              all          Zabbix network monitoring solution - PHP front-end
ii  zabbix-get                           1:3.2.9-1+stretch              amd64        Zabbix network monitoring solution - get
ii  zabbix-release                       3.2-1+stretch                  all          Zabbix official repository configuration
ii  zabbix-server-mysql                  1:3.2.9-1+stretch              amd64        Zabbix network monitoring solution - server (MySQL)

This is the content of the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/zabbix-frontend-php.postinst

#!/bin/sh -e

if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then

    if [ -d /etc/zabbix/web ]; then
       chown www-data.root /etc/zabbix/web
       chmod 755 /etc/zabbix/web
    fi

    for file in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf; do
        if [ -e $file ]; then
            update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-frontend-font $file 10
            break
        fi
    done

    for file in /etc/alternatives/ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf /etc/alternatives/fonts-japanese-gothic.ttf; do
        if [ -e $file ]; then
            update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-frontend-font $file 20
            break
        fi
    done

    if [ -d /etc/apache2/conf.d ] && [ ! -f /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix ] && [ ! -h /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix ]; then
        ln -s /etc/zabbix/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix
    elif [ -d /etc/apache2/conf-available ] && [ ! -f /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf ] && [ ! -h /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf ]; then
        ln -s /etc/zabbix/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf
        /usr/sbin/a2enconf zabbix.conf
    fi

fi

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# generated by other debhelper scripts.



exit 0

Somebody has the same issue?

[jvandenbroek]

Same issue here and not sure how to fix it.. Tried to change the for loop, without succes. Should be an easy fix, but can't see what's wrong.

[q2413667]

Just for info

postint file zabbix-frontend-php_3.2.8-1+stretch_all.deb

#!/bin/sh -e

if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then

    if [ -d /etc/zabbix/web ]; then
       chown www-data.root /etc/zabbix/web
       chmod 755 /etc/zabbix/web
    fi

    if [ -e /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf ]; then
        update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-frontend-font /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf 10 
    fi

    if [ -e /etc/alternatives/ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf ]; then
        update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-frontend-font /etc/alternatives/ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf 20
    elif [ -e /etc/alternatives/fonts-japanese-gothic.ttf ]; then
        update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-frontend-font /etc/alternatives/fonts-japanese-gothic.ttf 20
    fi

    if [ -d /etc/apache2/conf.d ] && [ ! -f /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix ] && [ ! -h /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix ]; then
        ln -s /etc/zabbix/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix
    elif [ -d /etc/apache2/conf-available ] && [ ! -f /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf ] && [ ! -h /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf ]; then
        ln -s /etc/zabbix/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf
        /usr/sbin/a2enconf zabbix.conf
    fi

fi

# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
# generated by other debhelper scripts.



exit 0

postint file zabbix-frontend-php_3.2.9-1+stretch_all.deb

#!/bin/sh -e

if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then

    if [ -d /etc/zabbix/web ]; then
       chown www-data.root /etc/zabbix/web
       chmod 755 /etc/zabbix/web
    fi

    for file in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf; do
        if [ -e $file ]; then
            update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-frontend-font $file 10
            break
        fi
    done

    for file in /etc/alternatives/ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf /etc/alternatives/fonts-japanese-gothic.ttf; do
        if [ -e $file ]; then
            update-alternatives --install /usr/share/zabbix/fonts/graphfont.ttf zabbix-frontend-font $file 20
            break
        fi
    done

    if [ -d /etc/apache2/conf.d ] && [ ! -f /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix ] && [ ! -h /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix ]; then
        ln -s /etc/zabbix/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix
    elif [ -d /etc/apache2/conf-available ] && [ ! -f /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf ] && [ ! -h /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf ]; then
        ln -s /etc/zabbix/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf
        /usr/sbin/a2enconf zabbix.conf
    fi

fi

# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
# generated by other debhelper scripts.



exit 0

[q2413667]

Same issue with the new update, maybe you have to try to install .deb before pushing on the repo

ii zabbix-frontend-php 1:3.2.9-2+stretch all Zabbix network monitoring solution - PHP front-end

[joeaintexas]

Same issue - Failed to upgrade to 3.2.9 on 16.04

Just wanted to also confirm that on an Ubuntu 16.04 server the zabbix-frontend-php is not upgrading, same error as mentioned in this post:

apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up zabbix-frontend-php (1:3.2.9-1+xenial) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/zabbix-frontend-php.postinst: 11: /var/lib/dpkg/info/zabbix-frontend-php.postinst: Syntax error: "then" unexpected (expecting "done")
dpkg: error processing package zabbix-frontend-php (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 zabbix-frontend-php
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Unfortunately I'm not a bash wizard, but if I can sort it out will post a patch.

[doctorbal82]

Seeing same issue on Debian 8.9

Seeing same error on our Zabbix Devel environment running on Debian v8.9.

$ apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Setting up zabbix-frontend-php (1:3.2.9-2+jessie) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/zabbix-frontend-php.postinst: 11: /var/lib/dpkg/info/zabbix-frontend-php.postinst: Syntax error: "then" unexpected (expecting "done")
dpkg: error processing package zabbix-frontend-php (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 zabbix-frontend-php
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I compared previous scripts from 3.2.8 and 3.2.9 and can't see any difference.

I'm not an expert in bash and don't see why it would spit out the error on then when scripts compare perfectly fine from a version that worked well on upgrade.

Any information would be awesome on how to resolve before pushing to production instance.

[helland71]

I was able to recover from this error by removing some garbage from 2 lines in the zabbix-frontend-php.postinst file.

[doctorbal82]

Zabbix Frontend Error

I was able to recover from this error by removing some garbage from 2 lines in the zabbix-frontend-php.postinst file.

helland71, care to share what garbage you removed?

[joeaintexas]

I was able to recover from this error by removing some garbage from 2 lines in the zabbix-frontend-php.postinst file.

And those 2 lines are?

[joeaintexas]

All,

It looks like a patch version of the zabbix-frontend-php package was released:

ii zabbix-frontend-php 1:3.2.9-2+xenial

3.2.9-2 vs 3.2.9-1. I ran apt-get upgrade and it went through this time around.

I never did get to the bottom of what was wrong with the postinst script, but my server is now updated.

Yours,
Joe

[doctorbal82]

Reran apt-get update/upgrade on Debian Jessie with still the same error.