Package: debian-security-support Version: 1:14+2026.05.07 Severity: important
Hello debian-security-support 1:14+2026.05.07 fails to install (al less using debstrap/chroot) because the /var/lib/debian-security-support/ directory does not exist. Setting up debian-security-support (1:14+2026.05.07) ... /usr/bin/check-support-status: 282: cannot create /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Directory nonexistent dpkg: error processing package debian-security-support (--configure): old debian-security-support package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: debian-security-support The expected "mkdir" does not exist in the package "posinst" USERNAME=debian-security-support LIB_DIR="/var/lib/$USERNAME" [...] case "$1" in configure) [...] runuser --user="$USERNAME" -- \ check-support-status \ --type "$MODE" \ --no-heading \ --status-db "$LIB_DIR/security-support.semaphore" \ >"$OUTPUT" The error was introduced by deleting the adduser support (which included mkdir "$LIB_DIR" chown $USERNAME:$USERNAME "$LIB_DIR" in the stanza) by introducing systemd-sysusers. >From a "keep it simple" approach (and init-agnostic approach too), the best is >to recover adduser stanza. However, it is possible to leave the new >systemd-sysusers and add the missing "mkdir" and "chown" lines in package >"posinst". Thanks.
