Emanoil Kotsev: > Andrei Popescu wrote: >> >> Yes, groups created by a package are not removed, not even on purge (I >> still have the 'Debian-exim' user and group, though I purged it and >> replaced it with postfix). If that same package is reinstalled it will >> reuse the user:group, this is why it should work. > > I think it depends on the packager decision and effort - some packages > remove the user some not.
No, these kinds of things are described in the Debian Policy. Any
(severe) deviation from it is a serious bug.
J.
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