Debian Bug report logs - #508165
exim4-config: exim4 install fails with dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: exim4-config: exim4 install fails with dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim

Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:16:23 +0000

Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.69-9
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

On attempting to install exim (apt-get install exim4) fails with:

======
Setting up exim4-config (4.69-9) ...
/usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim

Usage: dpkg-statoverride [<option> ...] <command>

Commands:
  --add <owner> <group> <mode> <file>
                           add a new entry into the database.
  --remove <file>          remove file from the database.
  --list [<glob-pattern>]  list current overrides in the database.

Options:
  --admindir <directory>   set the directory with the statoverride file.
  --update                 immediately update file permissions.
  --force                  force an action even if a sanity check fails.
  --quiet                  quiet operation, minimal output.
  --help                   show this help message.
  --version                show the version.
======

AFAIK this machine has never had exim4 installed. 

-- Package-specific info:
mailname:mon0.lonap.net

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.110      add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.22     Debian configuration management sy

exim4-config recommends no packages.

exim4-config suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  exim4/dc_other_hostnames: mon0.lonap.net
  exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: local delivery only; not on a network
  exim4/no_config: true
  exim4/hide_mailname:
  exim4/dc_postmaster:
  exim4/dc_smarthost:
  exim4/dc_relay_domains:
  exim4/dc_relay_nets:
  exim4/mailname: mon0.lonap.net
  exim4/dc_readhost:
  exim4/use_split_config: false
  exim4/exim4-config-title:
  exim4/dc_localdelivery: mbox format in /var/mail/
  exim4/dc_local_interfaces: 127.0.0.1
  exim4/dc_minimaldns: false

Message #10 received at 508165@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>

To: 508165@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#508165: Acknowledgement (exim4-config: exim4 install fails with dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim)

Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:31:09 +0000

Oh, and I forgot to mention, obviously I added 'Debian-exim' group and it then
proceeded to install fine.

Message #15 received at 508165@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>

To: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>, 508165@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#508165: Acknowledgement (exim4-config: exim4 install fails with dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim)

Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:31:40 +0100

severity 508165 normal
tags 508165 unreproducible
thanks

On 2008-12-08 Will Hargrave <will@harg.net> wrote:
> Oh, and I forgot to mention, obviously I added 'Debian-exim' group and it then
> proceeded to install fine.

Hello,
Can you reproduce this bug? The respective code (for adding
users) has not changed in ages and I am unable to reproduce it here.

cu andreas

-- 
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.'
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'

Message #24 received at 508165@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>

To: 508165@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>

Subject: Re: Bug#508165: exim4-config: exim4 install fails with dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim

Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:40:25 +0100

On 2008-12-08 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org> wrote:
> On 2008-12-08 Will Hargrave <will@harg.net> wrote:
> > Oh, and I forgot to mention, obviously I added 'Debian-exim' group and it then
> > proceeded to install fine.

> Hello,
> Can you reproduce this bug? The respective code (for adding
> users) has not changed in ages and I am unable to reproduce it here.

Afaict you would need to somehow end up with system with a Debian-exim
user but without a Debian-exim group.

 This requires either
* manual intervention
or
* adduser --system --group --quiet --home /var/spool/exim4
  --no-create-home --disabled-login --force-badname Debian-exim
  both adding the user and failing to create the group and nevertheless
  exiting with exitcode 0.

cu andreas
-- 
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.'
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'

Message #29 received at 508165@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>

To: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>

Cc: 508165@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#508165: exim4-config: exim4 install fails with dpkg-statoverride: non-existing group Debian-exim

Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:44:40 +0000

reassign xen-tools
forcemerge 404521 508165
thanks

> Afaict you would need to somehow end up with system with a Debian-exim
> user but without a Debian-exim group.

Ah-ha - I built this system (it's a xenu) using xen-utils - it looks like this
was a xen-create-image bug where it creates users but not groups - #404521

Sorry for wasting your time with something so obvious.

thanks,

will

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