[Pkg-sympa-devel] Bug#673759: sympa: fails to install: chown: invalid user: `sympa:sympa'

[Etienne MELEARD]

Creating the dedicated sympa:sympa user is, per the documentation ( 
http://www.sympa.org/manual_6.1/installing-sympa#prerequisites ), a 
prerequisite. Does that mean that when packaged the user creation should 
be automated ? I don't know a lot about packaging ...

Etienne

Le 21/05/12 11:28, Andreas Beckmann a écrit :
> Package: sympa
> Version: 6.1.11~dfsg-2
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: piuparts
>
> Hi,
>
> during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As
> per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for
> a release, thus the severity.
>
> > From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...):
>
>    Selecting previously unselected package sympa.
>    (Reading database ... 13045 files and directories currently installed.)
>    Unpacking sympa (from .../sympa_6.1.11~dfsg-2_amd64.deb) ...
>    Setting up sympa (6.1.11~dfsg-2) ...
>    chown: invalid user: `sympa:sympa'
>    dpkg: error processing sympa (--configure):
>     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>    Errors were encountered while processing:
>     sympa
>
>
> cheers,
>
> Andreas