Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/cromerc/opensysusers/issues/6 Control: tags -1 + upstream
On Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 04:18:31PM +0000, Andrew Bower wrote: > On Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 03:35:17PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Andrew Bower, le dim. 01 mars 2026 11:51:31 +0000, a ecrit: > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:01:48AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > opensysusers' systemd-sysusers fails to create the _ssh group: > > > > > > > > Setting up openssh-client (1:10.2p1-5) ... > > > > groupadd: invalid group ID '' > > > > chgrp: invalid group: ‘_ssh’ > > > > dpkg: error processing package openssh-client (--configure): > > > > old openssh-client package postinst maintainer script subprocess > > > > failed with exit status 1 > > > > > > > > the content of openssh-client.conf is just > > > > > > > > g _ssh > > > > > > > > I guess opensysusers somehow doesn't like not having even "- -", while > > > > systemd is fine with that. > > > > > > What do you think of this patch? > > > > It does work fine indeed. > > There is a question of whether upstream would accept [1] a patch for > behaviour not covered in the spec and if not whether to carry a > permanent delta in the Debian package. > > My feeling is it is best to support the files that are in actual use in > packages otherwise the package simply won't be useful for Debian users! > > [1] https://github.com/cromerc/opensysusers/issues/5#issuecomment-2352877003 Ah, it looks like tachi has already covered this scenario in the abstract with upstream and provided a more general patch: https://github.com/cromerc/opensysusers/issues/6
