[Adduser-devel] Bug#351480: exim4-base fails to install with debootstrap

[Marc Haber]

tags #351480 confirmed patch moreinfo
reassign #351480 adduser
thanks

On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 03:16:27PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> I guess it's a adduser bug;

It is.

>         adduser --system --group --home /var/spool/exim4 --no-create-home \
>                 --disabled-login --force-badname Debian-exim > /dev/null
> 
> is failing due to new adduser.

Looks like adduser 3.81 does falsely assume that uid and gid can be
equal.

Can you try the following patch?

--- adduser     (revision 458)
+++ adduser     (working copy)
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
            printf STDERR gtx("No UID/GID pair is available in the range %d-%d (FIRST_SYS_UID - LAST_SYS_UID).\n"),$config{"first_system_uid"},$config{"last_system_uid"};
             dief (gtx("The user %s' was not created.\n"),$new_name);
         }
-        $new_gid = $new_uid;
+        $new_gid = &first_avail_gid($config{"first_system_gid"},$config{"last_system_gid"});
        $ingroup_name = $new_name;
     }
     elsif (!defined($new_uid) && !$make_group_also) {

Greetings
Marc

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