Yep. victor@flex:~$ sudo -i grpck invalid group file entry delete line 'adm:x:4::victor'? n
At some time I must have manually edited /etc/group to add victor to the adm group, and stuck in an extra ':'. Fix that and the errors go away. Thanks for the tip. best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Netley Abbey, Southampton On Fri, 25 Sept 2026 at 10:52, Ralph Corderoy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again Victor, > > > > Failed to add existing group "adm" to temporary group file: > > > Invalid argument > ... > > > So it looks like one small issue with speech-dispatcher (which > > > I don't believe I have any interest in) is causing a cascade of > > > failures right up to the update of gnome itself failing. > > No, I think you've a problem with your group configuration, probably > some syntax error, say by a hand edit, which causes any package that > wants to manipulate groups on installation to fail. speech-dispatcher > and dhcpcd-base are just the two triggering packages. > > So I'd start with pwck(8) and grpck(8) as mentioned before. > > -- > Cheers, Ralph. > > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-10-06 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected] > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-10-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected]
