Package: dcmtk
Version: 3.5.4-1
While testing dcmtk with piuparts, I ran into the following problem:
Setting up dcmtk (3.5.4-1) ...
Adding `dcmtk' group to system ...
Adding `dcmtk' user to system ...
chown: `dcmtk:dcmtk': invalid user
dpkg: error processing dcmtk (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
The actual error is that adduser failed (because of a bug in passwd), so
by the time chown runs, the error message it prints out is misleading.
The problem is this part of the postinst:
addgroup --system dcmtk >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
If addgroup, or adduser a few lines later, fails, this hides the error
message. This is NOT acceptable. Use the --quiet option if you want to
reduce the amount of chatter that gets printed when the postinst runs,
but in no case should you hide error messages.
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