On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 00:05 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > This getent check is not necessary: > # addgroup --system netdev > addgroup: The group `netdev' already exists as a system group. Exiting. > # echo $? > 0 > > If addgroup fails for you, please file a bug against adduser.
Sadly if the group is not a system group, then it exits with return code
1 and a warning that the GID isn't in the system group range.
This may be an edge case, but it certainly stopped network-manager from
upgrading.
Cheers!
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