#1040742 mailman3: Unable to 'dpkg-reconfigure' with MySQL after failed attempt

#1040742#5
Date:
2023-07-09 22:16:27 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

I am attempting to use Mysql as the database backend. I ran `dpkg-reconfigure mailman3` as directed in README.Debian, but encountered an error because it couldn't reach my MySQL instance. I was able to 'abort' which brought me to a shell. I corrected the database problem and tried to `dpkg-configure mailman3` again, but it only stated "Determining localhost credentials from /etc/mysql/debian.cnf: succeeded." without asking any more prompts or finishing the configuration. Even if I use -plow I cannot force it to run the reconfiguration, to even ask whether I want to use SQLite or MySQL much less configure them properly.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

As mostly explained above, I used `dpkg-reconfigure mailman3` and `dpkg-reconfigure -plow mailman3`.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

The package was not proper reconfigured.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Prompts about which database to use and how to configure it, including prompting me for the password.