warn "$me forksuidsetup deciding upon config system to use\n" if $DEBUG;
- if ( dbdef->table('conf') ) {
+ my $sth = '';
+ if ( dbdef->table('conf')
+ and $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM conf")
+ and $sth->execute
+ )
+ {
- my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM conf") or die $dbh->errstr;
- $sth->execute or die $sth->errstr;
my $confcount = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref->[0];
if ($confcount) {