Upgrade failed for Debian

[keyboardgnome]

Howdy-

Trying to upgade to 1.28 in debian sid.

the /usr/local/bin/zmupdate.pl script bombs out constantly with

Bareword "ZM_DIR_EVENTS" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/local/bin/zmupdate.pl line 57.
Bareword "ZM_DIR_EVENTS" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/local/bin/zmupdate.pl line 57.
Bareword "ZM_PATH_WEB" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/local/bin/zmupdate.pl line 57.
Bareword "ZM_DIR_EVENTS" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/local/bin/zmupdate.pl line 57.
Bareword "ZM_DYN_DB_VERSION" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/local/bin/zmupdate.pl line 111.
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/zmupdate.pl line 149.


Anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix this?

[keyboardgnome]

Fix was to remove the scripts in
/usr/local/bin

and a bunch of hacking on the sql updates.

and now stuck at another point:

Database successfully upgraded to version 1.28.0.

Database upgrade to version 1.28.0 successful.

● zoneminder.service - LSB: Control ZoneMinder as a Service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/zoneminder)
Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2014-12-29 19:25:57 EST; 2min 12s ago

Dec 29 19:23:09 camserver zmpkg[27546]: INF [Command: start]
Dec 29 19:23:09 camserver pkexec[27552]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Dec 29 19:25:57 camserver zoneminder[27544]: Starting ZoneMinder: Job for zoneminder.service canceled.
invoke-rc.d: initscript zoneminder, action "status" failed.

[keyboardgnome]

Latest with a fresh install ends with this

Setting up zoneminder (1.28.0-dmo2) ...
● zoneminder.service - LSB: Control ZoneMinder as a Service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/zoneminder)
Active: inactive (dead)

Dec 29 19:08:53 camserver zoneminder[21938]: Starting ZoneMinder: Killed
Dec 29 19:08:53 camserver zoneminder[21938]: failure
Dec 29 19:08:53 camserver systemd[1]: zoneminder.service: control process exited, code=exited status=137
Dec 29 19:08:53 camserver systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Control ZoneMinder as a Service.
Dec 29 19:08:53 camserver systemd[1]: Unit zoneminder.service entered failed state.
Dec 29 19:23:09 camserver zmpkg[27546]: INF [Command: start]
Dec 29 19:23:09 camserver pkexec[27552]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Dec 29 19:25:57 camserver zoneminder[27544]: Starting ZoneMinder: Job for zoneminder.service canceled.
Dec 29 19:28:10 camserver pkexec[28508]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Dec 29 19:30:55 camserver zoneminder[28500]: Starting ZoneMinder: Job for zoneminder.service canceled.
invoke-rc.d: initscript zoneminder, action "status" failed.



Oh, and apt-get never finishes... it just hangs.

[jfm]

What is your PATH settings? (In Options - path tab).

Have you checked if any zoneminder processes are running? ( ps -ef | grep zm)

[knight-of-ni]

Based on your output, I think I know what the answers are to the following, but please verify them for me:
The previous version of zoneminder was installed from source or package?
The current version of zoneminder was installed from source or package?

[keyboardgnome]

Well, doesnt matter much at the moment... I formatted the box and reinstalled it... stupidly. Boy did I open up a lot of issues again. I'm going to post on a new thread with the fresh install information.

But to answer your question, both versions of zoneminder were installed from packages.