407126 - Bad error message when email_in.pl fails to connect to the database

Status: NEW

(Bugzilla :: Incoming Email, defect)

Description

[Antonis Christofides]

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I'm using PostgreSQL with ident authentication. I don't know if this problem can be reproduced in other environments (for example, setting the wrong password), but here's how it is in my environment anyway.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Modify the PostgreSQL configuration so that connection is not possible. I'm running bugzilla as user "bugzilla", so what I do for this step is remove from pg_ident.conf a line that says "bugzilla bugzilla bugs" (mapname=bugzilla, identuser=bugzilla, dbuser=bugs).
2. Type in the following:

acheloos:~$ ./email_in.pl
From: [e-mail]
Subject: [Bug 2465] foo

bar
^D
Actual Results:  
The following error message appears: Can't call method "isa" without a package or object reference at ./email_in.pl line 341, <STDIN> line 4.


Expected Results:  
The error returned by PostgreSQL should be shown (FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "bugs")