On 25/01/07 at 22:50 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > - -=| Lucas Nussbaum, 25.01.2007 20:08 |=- > > On 25/01/07 at 13:59 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > >>> Selecting previously deselected package firebird2-common. > >>> Unpacking firebird2-common (from > >>> .../firebird2-common_1.5.3.4870-11_all.deb) ... > >>> adduser: `/etc/adduser.conf' does not exist. Using defaults. > >>> Adding system user `firebird' (UID 104) ... > >>> Adding new group `firebird' (GID 105) ... > >>> Adding new user `firebird' (UID 104) with group `firebird' ... > >>> Password: > >>> > >>> Since adduser is in Depends, not Pre-depends, it is not configured yet at > >>> this > >>> point. You should pre-depend on it, so it is configured at preinst time > >>> (or > >>> move your adduser call to postinst, if that's possible). > >> Strange. Isn't adduser supposed *not* to ask for passwords for > >> --system users? I don't see any setting about this in > >> /etc/adduser.conf. How would configuring adduser make any difference? > > > > Well, it's chfn that prompts for a password, actually. Configuring > > adduser (i.e: letting it run its postinst) solves the problem. > > chfn misbehaves if adduser is not configured? How nice :) > > Anyway, It took me an hour to figure why this is my problem. See Policy > 7.2, "Pre-Depends are also required if the preinst script depends on the > named package." > > >> Can you give me a recipe for > >> reproducing it? > > > > In a chroot (preferably): > > apt-get remove --purge adduser ; apt-get install firebird2-common > > Didn't work (i.e, package installs ok with no problems. Very strange). > > > Yes, the simpler solution would be to add it to the pre-depends. > > This is what I'll do. Are you willing to sponsor the upload?
That would be my first upload since I'm a DD, but yes :-) However, I will only upload tomorrow in the morning (as in UTC+1). -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
