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Bug 106872

Summary: emerge boxbackup failes on enewuser
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Freerk Kalsbeek <f.kalsbeek>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Fabian Groffen <grobian>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: app-backup
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Freerk Kalsbeek 2005-09-22 02:26:33 UTC
Emerge of boxbackup-0.09 failes on a pre-install issue regarding adding of a new
user (bbstored)


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
emerge boxbackup
Actual Results:  
emerge aborted on enewuser error


Expected Results:  
Add the new user

>>> Merging app-backup/boxbackup-0.09 to /
 * Adding group 'bbstored' to your system ...
 *  - Groupid: next available
 * Adding user 'bbstored' to your system ...
 *  - Userid: 101
 *  - Shell: /bin/false
 *  - Home: /dev/null
 *  - Groups: (none)
useradd: group bbstored exists - if you want to add this user to that group, use -g.

!!! ERROR: app-backup/boxbackup-0.09 failed.
!!! Function enewuser, Line 590, Exitcode 9
!!! enewuser failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

!!! FAILED preinst: 1
Comment 1 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2005-09-22 10:21:42 UTC
Indeed, sorry.  Forgot to tell enewuser which group the new user should belong to.

Should show up in a next sync within a few hours.  Please reopen if the bug
persists.  I wasn't able to reproduce the problem myself after my fix.