Deleting a source in Backdrop tries to delete a block from a table that doesn’t exist

[sillygwailo]

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a feed in admin/config/services/aggregator/add/feed
• Delete the feed admin/config/services/aggregator

This error is shown:

PDOException: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'database_name.block' doesn't exist: 
DELETE FROM {block} WHERE (module = :db_condition_placeholder_0) AND (delta = :db_condition_placeholder_1) ; 
Array ( [:db_condition_placeholder_0] => aggregator [:db_condition_placeholder_1] => feed-3 ) in 
aggregator_save_feed() (line 531 of /path/to/backdrop/modules/aggregator/aggregator.module).

The fix is to convert block management to use config management instead.

[sillygwailo]

One option is just to rip out the blocks configuration altogether and tell site maintainers to use Views instead. 🤔

[sillygwailo]

Here's a first try at removing blocks altogether and relying on Views.

[sillygwailo]

If blocks are converted to configuration management, an update hook is needed for when site maintainers switch from Drupal to Backdrop.

[robertgarrigos]

I think it's much easier than that. just don't call db_delete('block'). made a pr