Yes, running addgroup --system systemd-journal; echo $? addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting. 0
yealds 0 as exit code. But, deleting the group, recreating it as non-system group, actually gives an error addgroup --system systemd-journal; echo $? addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists and is not a system group. Exiting. 1 So maybe the group already existed as non system group, but I have never created it. Anyway I guess the report can be closed. Thanks, Carlo. 2014-12-06 21:20 GMT+01:00 Michael Biebl <[email protected]>: > Am 06.12.2014 um 21:10 schrieb Martin Pitt: > > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > > > Hello Carlo, > > > > Carlo Marchiori [2014-12-06 17:22 +0100]: > >> On examination the problem is due to the line > >> > >> addgroup --quiet --system systemd-journal > >> > >> in /var/lib/dpkg/info/systemd.postinst which returns exitcode 1 because > the > >> group already exists and the script is run with set -e. > > > > No, addgroup exits with 0 usually if the group already exists. Can you > > please re-run this without --quiet to see what's wrong? > > Most likely Carlo has created that group himself without using "--system" > > > -- > Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the > universe are pointed away from Earth? > >
