[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#321272: marked as done (fetchmail: Does
not install package)
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From: James Kelly <jkelly at patriot.net>
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Subject: fetchmail: Does not install package
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Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.2.5-12
Severity: important
When trying to install fetchmail on my system using apt-get install
fetchmail or aptitude I get the following error:
<-- SNIP -->
chown: `fetchmail:nogroup': invalid user
dpkg: error processing fetchmail (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fetchmail
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
<-- SNIP -->
I also tried to install the 6.2.5-13 package on this system as 6.2.5-13
works on my etch laptop, but it didn't work here. Basically it
obviously seems to be some sort of problem with it not adding the
fetchmail user.
So whether this is a package bug or just a quirk on my system, any
suggestions for a work around? Obviously simply adding fetchmail to
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow should do it, but I don't quite understand
the numbering scheme in /etc/shadow, so I don't want to mess anything
up.
Thanks for the help in advance.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.12-grsec
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages fetchmail depends on:
ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups
ii base-files 3.1.2 Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3 SSL shared libraries
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From: Nico Golde <nico at ngolde.de>
To: Jim Kelly <jkelly at patriot.net>
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Subject: Re: [pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#321272: fetchmail: Does not install package
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Hi Jim,
* Jim Kelly <jkelly at patriot.net> [2005-08-10 08:30]:
> > have you tried to manual add the fetchmail user?
> > regards nico
>
> Duh, I don't even know why i didn't think of this myself. I suppose
> it's been so long since I had to manually add a user. :).
>
> That took care of it, still sort of odd. I reloaded the server the other
> night due to an unrelated issue, and when i brought it back up it still
> wouldn't install the fetchmail package (but I did your suggested fix and
> it works). I guess it just must be some odd combination of packages
> that makes it unhappy. Thanks!
We have to thank you :)
So I close the bug.
Regards Nico
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