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and subject line Bug#1135793: fixed in fetchmail 6.6.3-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #1135793,
regarding fetchmail: install and use sysusers.d config file
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Package: fetchmail
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer(s),
sysusers.d config files allow a package to use declarative
configuration instead of manually written maintainer scripts. This
also allows image-based systems to be created with /usr/ only, and
also allows for factory resetting a system and recreating /etc/ on
boot.
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/sysusers.d.html
Also deleting system users on remove/purge is widely considered bad
practice, as the kernel recycles UIDs/GIDs. So any potential leftover
file/directory can then become owned by the next user/group that gets
added, with unpredictable consequences.
Please find a patch attached to ship a sysusers.d config for fetchmail
to create the system user. Thanks!
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Source: fetchmail
Source-Version: 6.6.3-3
Done: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
fetchmail, 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.
Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]> (supplier of updated fetchmail
package)
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Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 21:55:38 +0200
Source: fetchmail
Architecture: source
Version: 6.6.3-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]>
Closes: 1135793
Changes:
fetchmail (6.6.3-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Luca Boccassi <[email protected]> ]
* Stop deleting system user on purge to avoid potential issues with
recycled UIDs.
* Switch to sysusers.d and tmpfiles.d instead of manual scripting in
maintainer scripts (closes: #1135793).
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