[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#800317: Bug#800317: group sbuild detection slightly broken

[Johannes Schauer]

Hi,

Quoting Christoph Berg (2015-09-27 20:22:17)
> I've just installed sbuild and ran it for the first time:
> 
> $ sbuild postgresql-9.5_9.5~alpha2-2.dsc
> User cbe is not currently a member of group sbuild, but is in the system group database
> You need to log in again to gain sbuild group privileges
> 
> It's true that I'm not in the sbuild group, but I'm not in that group
> in /etc/group either. If sbuild tries to be helpful here ("log in
> again"), it should be more careful about checking the system group
> database.

Indeed. Do you think it would be sufficient to change above error message to:

 | User $user is currently not a member of group sbuild. Please run:
 | sudo sbuild-adduser $LOGNAME
 | And then logout and re-login or use `newgrp sbuild`

Thanks!

cheers, josch
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