Package: lastfmsubmitd
Version: 1.0.5-1.1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu lucid ubuntu-patch
:: DESCRIPTION ::
If the user enters a non-existent group at the lastfmsubmitd/spool_group
prompt, the installation fails with
chown: invalid group: `lastfm:firstfm'
dpkg: error processing lastfmsubmitd (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
:: VERSION ::
lastfmsubmitd | 0.36-1 | hardy/universe | source, all
lastfmsubmitd | 0.37-2 | intrepid/universe | source, all
lastfmsubmitd | 0.37-3 | jaunty/universe | source, all
lastfmsubmitd | 1.0.5-1 | karmic/universe | source, all
lastfmsubmitd | 1.0.5-1 | lucid/universe | source, all
:: HOW TO REPRODUCE ::
When prompt with the question: "Group that may send submissions:" enter a group
name that doesn't exist on your system and different from the default value
"lastfm"
:: WORKAROUND ::
Keep the default.
:: FAULTY CODE ::
in debian/lastfmsubmitd.postinst:
db_get lastfmsubmitd/spool_group
if [ "$RET" ]; then
for dir in /var/log/lastfm /var/run/lastfm /var/spool/lastfm; do
chown "lastfm:$RET" $dir
chmod 2775 $dir
done
fi
*** /tmp/tmpxsubrf
In Ubuntu, we've applied the attached patch to achieve the following:
* lastfmsubmitd.postinst: Create spool group if it doesn't exist. (LP:
#386240)
The other solution would have been to skip the chown loop if when the group
doesn't exists.
We thought you might be interested in doing the same.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers lucid-updates
APT policy: (500, 'lucid-updates'), (500, 'lucid-security'), (500,
'lucid-proposed'), (500, 'lucid-backports'), (500, 'lucid')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-9-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
diff -u lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/changelog lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/changelog
diff -u lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/lastfmsubmitd.postinst lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/lastfmsubmitd.postinst
--- lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/lastfmsubmitd.postinst
+++ lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/lastfmsubmitd.postinst
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
db_get lastfmsubmitd/spool_group
if [ "$RET" ]; then
+ if ! getent group "$RET" >/dev/null; then
+ addgroup --force-badname "$RET"
+ fi
for dir in /var/log/lastfm /var/run/lastfm /var/spool/lastfm; do
chown "lastfm:$RET" $dir
chmod 2775 $dir
diff -u lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/control lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/control
--- lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/control
+++ lastfmsubmitd-1.0.5/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
Source: lastfmsubmitd
Section: sound
Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Decklin Foster <deck...@red-bean.com>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Decklin Foster <deck...@red-bean.com>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), python-dev, po-debconf
Build-Depends-Indep: python-support (>= 0.6)
Standards-Version: 3.8.0
