Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible Control: severity -1 normal On Thu, 2015-03-26 at 12:48 -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 26 March 2015 at 18:03, Alexander Schlarb wrote: > | Package: r-base-core > | Version: 3.1.1-1+b2 > | Severity: grave > | Justification: renders package unusable > | > | When installing the package `r-base-core` (or anything that depends on it) > on a > | clean jessie install (not upgraded) then the depricated "staff" group will > not > > Uh-oh. When did 'staff' get deprecated?
As far as I'm aware, never. Policy lists no such status for the group, nor does base-passwd's changelog. A freshly deboostrapped jessie root both contains the "staff" group and has /usr/local owned by that group, as Policy 9.1.2 specifies that it must. I don't know how the submitter got their system into such a state, but this is in no way release-critical. In fact, it's most likely not a bug at all. So long as r-base-core ensures that /usr/local actually exists before attempting to chown things under it (as 9.1.2 also allows for /usr/local to be removed) then this report should be closed. If /usr/local exists then Policy by extension requires that the "staff" group also exist. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
