Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: udev
When installing wicd, the installer is asked what system users to add to
the netdev group. If a selected user already belongs to the netdev
group, the post-install scripts fail and the package is left in a broken
state. Attempting to reinstall causes the same error over and over.
Technically, the addition of the user to the group "fails" -- but it's
only because the user is already in the group.
The only workaround I've found is to manually remove the user from the
netdev group and re-run "apt-get install -f".
I noticed this during a dist-upgrade which had been interrupted by other
package installation failures, but it would also apply to anyone who did
something like:
apt-get install --reinstall wicd
1.6.1-3ubuntu1
(say after something in the package was accidentally deleted)
Source package: wicd
Package version: 1.6.1-3ubuntu1
Expected: installer shouldn't fail if the user(s) is/are already (a) member(s)
of the netdev group -- installation should continue regardless.
Happened: users already in the netdev group which the post-install script tries
to add to said netdev group cause the post-install scripts to fail and apt to
believe that the package is not installed. The package will never be properly
installed until there is a manual intervention to remove the user(s) from the
netdev group and attempt the install again (dpkg --purge may also work -- I
haven't tested this)
** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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wicd post-install scripts fail if user already a member of netdev group
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477820
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