Am 22.10.2013 00:24, schrieb Andrew Ruthven: > 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.
The network-manager package never created a non-system group for netdev. So I assume you once created that manually/yourself? Erring out at this case is probably the right thing to do so you can fix up this situation. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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