Your message dated Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:32:25 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1080078: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #1035844,
regarding matrix-sydent fails to purge without adduser
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Package: matrix-sydent
Version: 2.5.1-1.1
Severity: serious
User: jo...@debian.org
Usertags: adduserpurge
Control: tag -1 + patch
Hi,
the packages passwd and adduser are not part of the Essential:yes set.
According to policy §7.2 maintainer scripts cannot assume them being installed
when purging a package. If one tries to remove this package without adduser
(which depends on passwd) installed, one gets:
--%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Purging configuration files for matrix-sydent (2.5.1-1.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/matrix-sydent.postrm: 28: deluser: not found
dpkg: error processing package matrix-sydent (--purge):
installed matrix-sydent package post-removal script subprocess returned error
exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
matrix-sydent
-->%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is ongoing discussion how to handle system users on package
removal, see https://bugs.debian.org/621833
For a discussion about use of adduser during purge, see #1035654.
To work around this problem, at least 125 source packages [codesearch] simply
ignore failures of calling the passwd or adduser tools during purge. The
following patch should fix this package by doing the same:
--%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -Nru matrix-sydent-2.5.1/debian/postrm matrix-sydent-2.5.1/debian/postrm
--- matrix-sydent-2.5.1/debian/postrm 2021-06-01 21:17:05.000000000 +0200
+++ matrix-sydent-2.5.1/debian/postrm 2023-05-10 07:46:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
dpkg-statoverride --force-all --quiet --remove "${DIR}"
done
- getent passwd "${USER}" >/dev/null && deluser "${USER}"
+ getent passwd "${USER}" >/dev/null && deluser "${USER}" || true
rm -f /var/lib/${NAME}/*
if [ -d /var/lib/${NAME} ]; then
-->%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you prefer I can fix this via an NMU.
Thanks!
cheers, josch
[codesearch]
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=del%28user%7Cgroup%29.*%5C%7C%5C%7C+true+path%3Adebian%2F.*%5C.%28pre%7Cpost%29rm%24&literal=0
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.5.1-1.1+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package matrix-sydent has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1080078
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
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