Bug#460107: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#460107: chown: `haldaemon:haldaemon': invalid group

[Michael Biebl]

Richard Kettlewell wrote:

Package: hal
Version: 0.5.10-5

  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  Reading package lists... Done

  Calculating upgrade... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  2 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  Setting up hal (0.5.10-5) ...
  chown: `haldaemon:haldaemon': invalid group
  dpkg: error processing hal (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-mount:
   gnome-mount depends on hal; however:
    Package hal is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing gnome-mount (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   hal
   gnome-mount
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep hal /etc/group
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep hal /etc/passwd
  haldaemon:x:108:122:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/home/haldaemon:/bin/false

Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

Have you deleted the haldaemon system group?

Cheers,
Michael

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