On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 11:49:47AM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > This appears to have been fixed in adduser git already, by commit > debian/3.154-13-gd5820ae "rework EXISTING_ and existing_user_status", so the > next adduser upload can presumably close this bug report.
Did it get fixed? In theory, packages should no longer need scaffolding around any adduser calls. Please let me know in which cases scaffolding is still needed. otoh, things are probably moot already since the systemd people are working hard to have systemd-sysusers will squeeze out adduser soon. Is there anything adduser can still do here? Greetings Marc

