** Description changed: - Upgrading from groovy to hirsuite, base-passwd asks if the `irc` user's - home directory should be moved from `/var/run/ircd` to `/run/ircd`. - Having no IRC server installed makes this very confusing, but appears - harmless (https://askubuntu.com/questions/876975/user-irc-inside-of- - default-ubuntu-16-04-server). Possibly caused by - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946884, but can this - not prompt the user for a decision? + [Test Case] + 1) On an Ubuntu 20.10 system edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to have hirsute instead of groovy + 2) Run apt-get update + 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get install base-passwd' - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 + With the version of base-passwd you'll receive a prompt about moving the + 'irc' user's home directory from '/var/run/ircd' to '/run/ircd'. + + + [Original Description] + Upgrading from groovy to hirsuite, base-passwd asks if the `irc` user's home directory should be moved from `/var/run/ircd` to `/run/ircd`. Having no IRC server installed makes this very confusing, but appears harmless (https://askubuntu.com/questions/876975/user-irc-inside-of-default-ubuntu-16-04-server). Possibly caused by https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946884, but can this not prompt the user for a decision? + + ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: base-passwd 3.5.49 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu59 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Feb 23 12:02:59 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-17 (556 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190305.1) RebootRequiredPkgs: - libc6 - libc6 - libssl1.1 - libssl1.1 - SourcePackage: base-passwd + libc6 + libc6 + libssl1.1 + libssl1.1SourcePackage: base-passwd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-02-23 (0 days ago)
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