On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 02:26:09PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > Martin Schulze wrote: > > The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and > > groupadd. > > Why not do it in the postinst, at configure time? Then a normal > dependency is enough.
Because the uid should be present when the packge gets unpackaged.
> If the user or group does not exist on the system, dpkg will use the
> numeric IDs instead.
which could also be used by another id - btw. common situation
some time ago, dunno if it's still the case.
Regards,
Joey
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