From e8d2ac5c625f4a66eab8c5ddb26fe4b71cf9959c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jo-Be-Co <Dev@JoBeCo.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:22:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] #1729 added resilience when creating the link to the
 database file

---
 Docker/liberate.sh | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Docker/liberate.sh b/Docker/liberate.sh
index 82947829..859ea4f2 100755
--- a/Docker/liberate.sh
+++ b/Docker/liberate.sh
@@ -72,43 +72,65 @@ create_db() {
 }
 
 setup_db() {
-  DBPATH=$1
-  dbpattern="*.db"
+  local DBPATH=$1
+  local dbpattern="*.db"
+  local FILE LINK LINK_ORIGIN files
 
   debug "using database directory ${DBPATH}"
 
   # Figure out the right databse file
   if [[ -z "${LIBATION_DB_FILE}" ]];
   then
-    dbCount=$(find "${DBPATH}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "${dbpattern}" | wc -l)
-    if [ "${dbCount}" -gt 1 ];
-    then
-      error "too many database files found, set LIBATION_DB_FILE to the filename you wish to use"
-      exit 1
-    elif [ "${dbCount}" -eq 1 ];
-    then
-      files=( ${DBPATH}/${dbpattern} )
-      FILE=${files[0]}
-    else
-      FILE="${DBPATH}/LibationContext.db"
-    fi
+    shopt -s nullglob     # files shall be empty if no match is found
+    files=( "${DBPATH}"/${dbpattern} )
+    shopt -u nullglob
+
+    case ${#files[@]} in
+      0)
+        FILE="${DBPATH}/LibationContext.db"
+        ;;
+      1)
+        FILE="${files[0]}"
+        ;;
+      *)
+        debug "found ${#files[@]} database files matching '${dbpattern}'"
+        error "too many database files found, set LIBATION_DB_FILE to the filename you wish to use"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
   else
     FILE="${DBPATH}/${LIBATION_DB_FILE}"
   fi
 
-  debug "planning to use database ${FILE}"
+  debug "planning to use database '${FILE}'"
 
   if [ -f "${FILE}" ]; then
     info "database found at ${FILE}"
-  elif [ ${LIBATION_CREATE_DB} = "true" ];
+  elif [ "${LIBATION_CREATE_DB}" = "true" ];
   then
     warn "database not found, creating one at ${FILE}"
-    create_db ${FILE}
+    create_db "${FILE}"
   else
     error "database not found and creation is disabled"
     exit 1
   fi
-  ln -s "${FILE}" "${LIBATION_CONFIG_INTERNAL}/LibationContext.db"
+
+  LINK="${LIBATION_CONFIG_INTERNAL}/LibationContext.db"
+  if [ -L "$LINK" ]; then
+    # check if the link is correct
+    LINK_ORIGIN=$(readlink -sfn "$LINK")
+    if [ "$LINK_ORIGIN" = "$(readlink -sfn "$FILE")" ]; then
+      warn "symlink '${LINK_ORIGIN}' to '${LINK}' already established"
+      return 0
+    fi
+    warn "removing existing symlink '${LINK_ORIGIN}' to '${LINK}'"
+    rm -f "$LINK"
+  elif [ -e "$LINK" ]; then
+    error "found blocking file at '${LINK}' - can't create symlink"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  ln -s "${FILE}" "${LINK}"
 }
 
 run() {

From 4c212e752fe0f07aed08e2437a236f4a516dbf4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jo-Be-Co <Dev@JoBeCo.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:19:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] some refinements

---
 Docker/liberate.sh | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Docker/liberate.sh b/Docker/liberate.sh
index 859ea4f2..9eaa6888 100755
--- a/Docker/liberate.sh
+++ b/Docker/liberate.sh
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ create_db() {
 setup_db() {
   local DBPATH=$1
   local dbpattern="*.db"
-  local FILE LINK LINK_ORIGIN files
+  local FILE LINK LINK_ORIGIN
+  local -a files
 
   debug "using database directory ${DBPATH}"
 
   # Figure out the right databse file
-  if [[ -z "${LIBATION_DB_FILE}" ]];
+  if [[ -z $LIBATION_DB_FILE ]]
   then
     shopt -s nullglob     # files shall be empty if no match is found
     files=( "${DBPATH}"/${dbpattern} )
@@ -104,9 +105,10 @@ setup_db() {
 
   debug "planning to use database '${FILE}'"
 
-  if [ -f "${FILE}" ]; then
+  if [[ -f $FILE ]]
+  then
     info "database found at ${FILE}"
-  elif [ "${LIBATION_CREATE_DB}" = "true" ];
+  elif [[ $LIBATION_CREATE_DB == "true" ]]
   then
     warn "database not found, creating one at ${FILE}"
     create_db "${FILE}"
@@ -116,16 +118,19 @@ setup_db() {
   fi
 
   LINK="${LIBATION_CONFIG_INTERNAL}/LibationContext.db"
-  if [ -L "$LINK" ]; then
+  if [[ -L $LINK ]]
+  then
     # check if the link is correct
-    LINK_ORIGIN=$(readlink -sfn "$LINK")
-    if [ "$LINK_ORIGIN" = "$(readlink -sfn "$FILE")" ]; then
+    LINK_ORIGIN=$(readlink -fn "$LINK")
+    if [[ $LINK_ORIGIN == $(readlink -fn "$FILE") ]]
+    then
       warn "symlink '${LINK_ORIGIN}' to '${LINK}' already established"
       return 0
     fi
     warn "removing existing symlink '${LINK_ORIGIN}' to '${LINK}'"
     rm -f "$LINK"
-  elif [ -e "$LINK" ]; then
+  elif [[ -e $LINK ]]
+  then
     error "found blocking file at '${LINK}' - can't create symlink"
     exit 1
   fi