Way to reproduce it:
1. Install package in the *host* machine:
# apt-get install debian-security-support
2. Enter a sid chroot where debian-security-support has never been installed:
# schroot -c sid
3. Install package inside the chroot:
# apt-get install debian-security-support
The postinst blindly assumes that if the user debian-security-support
exists, then /var/lib/debian-security-support should also exist:
if ! getent passwd "$USERNAME" > /dev/null; then
adduser \
[...]
--home "$LIB_DIR" \
[...]
"$USERNAME"
fi
But schroot by default copies /etc/passwd from the host machine (where
the user already exists) inside the chroot, breaking the assumption.
Maybe the patch below is enough to fix this.
Thanks.
--- a/debian/debian-security-support.postinst
+++ b/debian/debian-security-support.postinst
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ configure)
"$USERNAME"
fi
+ if [ ! -d "$LIB_DIR" ]; then
+ mkdir "$LIB_DIR"
+ chown $USERNAME:$USERNAME "$LIB_DIR"
+ fi
+
if [ "$TMPDIR" ] && [ "$(stat --format=%a "$TMPDIR")" != '1777' ] ; then
export TMPDIR='/tmp'
fi
