2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
index 3dadd3cd5..11eb43af1 100755
--- a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ sub initBug  {
      }
   }
      
-
-  &::ConnectToDatabase();
-  &::GetVersionTable();
-
-  # this verification should already have been done by caller
-  # my $loginok = quietly_check_login();
-
-
   $self->{'whoid'} = $user_id;
 
   my $query = "
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Config.pm b/Bugzilla/Config.pm
index 534367ce0..25792d476 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Config.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Config.pm
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ sub SetParam {
     my $entry = $params{$name};
 
     # sanity check the value
-    if (exists $entry->{'checker'}) {
+
+    # XXX - This runs the checks. Which would be good, except that
+    # check_shadowdb creates the database as a sideeffect, and so the
+    # checker fails the second time arround...
+    if ($name ne 'shadowdb' && exists $entry->{'checker'}) {
         my $err = $entry->{'checker'}->($value, $entry);
         die "Param $name is not valid: $err" unless $err eq '';
     }