On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 02:11:32PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I don't understand why you ask not to create the utmp group
> (maybe you don't by now, then this bug should be closed).
> If the question was to avoid recreating the utmp group when
>  upgrading from another distribution than debian , there are ways
> to test if hte group already exists, no need to ask the user.
> the patch already submitted  use grep , but getent passwd would
> do fine too. 
> 
> 
> If there is a real need for this question , this bug should at
> least be marked wontfix.

No, the general issue in this bug (that packages rely on base-passwd to
ensure that certain groups exist but that base-passwd might not create
them if the user refuses) still exists and has not been solved.

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Colin Watson                                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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