On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:04:57 +0200, Đurađ Radojičić wrote: > >I was a bit surprised how you managed to have a system user but not > >its home directory. But the incomplete state before (if I'm guessing > >right) could explain this. > > > >Yes, the postinst should be idempotent but it looks like what > >happened to you is not the "usual" case. > > > >Maybe you can try again with > >- apt-get purge bitlbee bitlbee-common > >- apt-get install bitlbee > >?
> Interesting. I upgraded my sys, used the same packages (?) and now > it is all right. This error was present 2 months ago but maybe i > missed something in the middle. Looks like my suspicion about the half-installed package was correct :) > Anyway, here is the latest log: Thank you. > Adding system user `bitlbee' (UID 104) ... > Adding new group `bitlbee' (GID 109) ... > Adding new user `bitlbee' (UID 104) with group `bitlbee' ... > Creating home directory `/var/lib/bitlbee/' ... > Starting BitlBee IRC/IM gateway: bitlbee. > Setting up bitlbee (3.0.5-1.1) ... Ok, I think the summary for now is: - there are situations where the postinst breaks - in the "normal" case it works - so severity normal for this bug report is ok - and someone should fix it but it's not needed for wheezy Thanks again, gregor (not the maintainer, just the uploader of the last NMU) -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Funny van Dannen: Moderne Liebe NP: Police: Don't Stand So Close To Me
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