[GitHub] [couchdb] jefferbrecht commented on issue #4001: Installation fails on Ubuntu 20.04 as of couchdb-3.2.2

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jefferbrecht commented on issue #4001:
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/4001#issuecomment-1104396938

   Thanks! I just found a workaround at the same time you commented, which is to change this line in `/opt/couchdb/etc/vm.args`:
   
   ```
   # -setcookie
   ```
   
   to
   
   ```
   -setcookie somestring
   ```
   
   I wasn't able to get `debconf-set-selections` to work either; it looked like the DEBIAN/config script in the package was always overwriting any preseeded values as long as that blank commented line existed in that file:
   
   ```bash
   if [ -e /opt/couchdb/etc/vm.args ] ; then
     cookie="$(grep '^-setcookie' /opt/couchdb/etc/vm.args | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | stripwhitespace)"
     nodename="$(grep '^-name' /opt/couchdb/etc/vm.args | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | stripwhitespace)"
     db_set couchdb/cookie "${cookie}" # <-- ${cookie} is blank here
     if [ "${nodename}" != "couchdb@127.0.0.1" ]; then
       db_set couchdb/nodename "${nodename}"
     fi
   fi
   ```


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