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and subject line Bug#904046: fixed in netkit-telnet 0.17-41.1
has caused the Debian Bug report #904046,
regarding netkit-telnet: Please consider using getent instead of sg in
maintscript
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Source: netkit-telnet
Version: 0.17-41
Severity: wishlist
User: [email protected]
Usertags: sg-maintscript-removal
Hello,
Your package netkit-telnet was one of the few matches for 'sg' usage in
maintainer scripts[1]. As a preparation for potentially solving #833256
in the future, I'd like to ask you to change your package to adhere to
what seems to be the established defacto standard in maintainer-script
code for adding users/groups these days, eg.
if ! getent passwd | grep ^joeuser: > /dev/null; then
adduser ...
fi
... and similar for groups with 'getent group'.
More examples can be found at
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3A.*postinst+adduser
or for a specific example see:
https://sources.debian.org/src/util-linux/2.32-0.1/debian/uuid-runtime.postinst/
Please note that adding (and removing) system users and groups are still
not described in Debian Policy (see #228692), but this will eliminate
the need for the 'sg' utility and be more in line with what other
packages are doing.
If your package are removing users or groups during purge, you might
want to consider that there seems to be consensus against ever doing so
(see mailing list thread linked from #228692).
If time permits and I haven't heard anything back I'll consider fixing
this via a NMU while at DebCamp/DebConf.
Regards,
Andreas Henriksson
[1]:
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3Adebian%2F.*p%28ost%7Cre%29%28inst%7Crm%29+%5C+sg%5C+
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: netkit-telnet
Source-Version: 0.17-41.1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
netkit-telnet, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Henriksson <[email protected]> (supplier of updated netkit-telnet
package)
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Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2018 21:12:12 +0100
Source: netkit-telnet
Binary: telnet telnetd
Architecture: source
Version: 0.17-41.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Mats Erik Andersson <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Andreas Henriksson <[email protected]>
Description:
telnet - basic telnet client
telnetd - basic telnet server
Closes: 904046
Changes:
netkit-telnet (0.17-41.1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Non-maintainer upload.
* Replace sg usage with getent group in postinst (Closes: #904046)
- note that there's still much room for related improvements, like
using 'getent passwd' instead of id to match the common pattern
also don't remove the user in postrm as that violates the
common consensus (see discussion linked from #228692)
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