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--- Begin Message ---
Package: tuptime
Version: 5.2.4
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Trying to install tuptime fails with an error related to /var/lib/tuptime.
It looks like the directory does not exist (and this is a regression from the
previous 5.2.2).
A quick check seems to indicate that the file tuptime.postinst is missing the
following snippet as part of the "configure" case.
# Create user if not exists
if ! getent passwd _tuptime >/dev/null ; then
echo -n "Adding _tuptime user..."
adduser --quiet --system --group --disabled-password \
--home "/var/lib/tuptime" \
--shell '/usr/sbin/nologin' \
--gecos 'Tuptime execution user,,,' \
--force-badname _tuptime
echo "done"
fi
# Ensure right ownership
if [ -d /var/lib/tuptime ]; then
chown _tuptime:_tuptime /var/lib/tuptime
# When adduser is configured for DIR_MODE=0750,
# the file mode ends up more closed than intended.
chmod 0755 /var/lib/tuptime
if [ -f /var/lib/tuptime/tuptime.db ]; then
chown _tuptime:_tuptime /var/lib/tuptime/tuptime.db
fi
fi
su -s /bin/sh _tuptime -c "tuptime -q"
This results in not creating the folder (with the correct permissions) which
prevents the tuptime binary from being able to record uptime details. The
install fails as a result.
Manually creating the folder (and setting the permissions) based on the snippet
above results in it working properly.
Thank you.
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 5.2.5
This bug is fixed in Debian version 5.2.5.
The init.d script now checks the data path at startup (upstream commit
included in this upload).
Thanks,
Ricardo F.
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