To my novice eye, yes they do appear to be duplicates / related. As a user, I became involved with this partiuclar bug by reporting a problem I had where an install of vsftpd failed along with some other packages (Bug# 634085). Because of this I gave the developers who sent me questions as much info as I could to help them gain insight into the problem. But other than that my knowledge is limited. At the time I reported my initial bug, I had no clue as to what had caused the failure. So I was unable to locate an existing bug that matched mine so I entered a new one.
----- Original message ----- From: "Imre Gergely" <677...@bugs.launchpad.net> To: odon...@fastmail.fm Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:21:46 -0000 Subject: [Bug 677764] Re: vsftpd postinstall checks for user/group starting with ftp Isn't this bug a duplicate of bug #629234 ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug (634085). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677764 Title: vsftpd postinstall checks for user/group starting with ftp Status in “vsftpd” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “vsftpd” source package in Lucid: Confirmed Status in “vsftpd” source package in Maverick: Confirmed Status in “vsftpd” source package in Natty: Fix Released Status in “vsftpd” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: vsftpd ? ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: vsftpd (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686 AptOrdering: vsftpd: Install vsftpd: Configure Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Nov 19 22:28:45 2010 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) SourcePackage: vsftpd Title: package vsftpd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 SRU comments: Impact: Breaks install of vsftp if any existing user or group name begins with 'ftp'. How bug addressed: The vsftpd.postinst script is patched so it accepts only whole names 'ftp', not names beginning with 'ftp'. Patch: See attached debdiffs. To reproduce: Create a user or group 'ftpfoo' before installing vsftpd Regression Potential: This should have no impact as it only changes the string being checked for in existing users and groups. If there were a typo in the patch, it could break vsftpd installation. To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vsftpd/+bug/677764/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Registry Administrators, which is the registrant for Debian. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677764 Title: vsftpd postinstall checks for user/group starting with ftp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~registry Post to : registry@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~registry More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
