debian mythweb package fails to install if mysql password contains a forward slash

[jason@…]

my password to mysql contains a forward slash and when I try and install the mythweb debian package, it fails during postinst with:

sed: -e expression #1, char 209: unknown option to `s'

this is due to the string containing a / which interferes with sed's regex

s/^.*\(setenv\sdb_password\s\+\"\).*\"/\t\1$mythtv_password\"/g;

password should probably be escaped prior to using with sed. patch to follow

[jason@…]

escape the password string before using in sed replace

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

Closing all old tickets in trac.

If your issue still persists, please open an issue in Github ​https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/issues

and reference the existing trac ticket.