Joerg Hoh wrote:
> Package: hal
> Version: 0.5.11-4
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Installation of hal doesn't work.
>
> Setting up hal (0.5.11-4) ...
> adduser: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured
> via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the `--force-badname'
> option to relax this check or reconfigure NAME_REGEX.
> dpkg: error processing hal (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> hal
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> The postinst script has the following call:
>
> adduser --system \
> --quiet \
> --disabled-password \
> --no-create-home \
> --home "/var/run/hal" \
> --gecos "Hardware abstraction layer" \
> --group haldaemon
>
> But it seems to miss the user which should be created ("haldaemon").The adduser call is correct. Have you a locally modified /etc/adduser.conf? What does "debsums -a adduser" say? (Install the debsums package for that to work) What is the output of "whereis adduser"? Have you set the NAME_REGEX configuration variable? Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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