Bug#1017840: debian-security-support: cannot create /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Permission
On Tue, 2022-08-23 at 16:23 +, Holger Levsen wrote: > users must not be cleaned up (=removed) on package removal Well perhaps not a must as per policy, but I think for debian-security- support it would still make sense to clean up the user, or do you expect anyone to create files under that user which would then have no valid user/group? :-) Cheers, Chris.
Bug#1017840: debian-security-support: cannot create /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Permission
On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 05:41:22PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > It also seems as if neither that director or its files nor the created > user is ever cleaned up on purge, but left behind as cruft forever. users must not be cleaned up (=removed) on package removal, so the only thing purge should do is remove /var/lib/debian-security-support/ -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ figures don't lie, but liars figure. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1017840: debian-security-support: cannot create /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Permission
Hey Holger. It also seems as if neither that director or its files nor the created user is ever cleaned up on purge, but left behind as cruft forever. Or did I oversee something in the posrm? Thanks, Chris.
Bug#1017840: debian-security-support: cannot create /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Permission
control: severity -1 serious thanks On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 11:54:04AM +, Witold Barylulk wrote: > During installation in live-build > > Setting up debian-security-support (1:12+2022.08.12) ... > adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/debian-security-support' does > not belong to the user you are currently creating. > /usr/bin/check-support-status: 282: cannot create > /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Permission denied > dpkg: error processing package debian-security-support (--configure): > installed debian-security-support package post-installation script > subprocess returned error exit status 2 thanks for filing this bug report, Witold! I'll fix it ASAP. -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ First they came for the journalists, we don't know what happened after that. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1017840: debian-security-support: cannot create /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Permission
Package: debian-security-support Version: 1:12+2022.08.19 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: witold.bary...@gmail.com During installation in live-build Setting up debian-security-support (1:12+2022.08.12) ... adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/debian-security-support' does not belong to the user you are currently creating. /usr/bin/check-support-status: 282: cannot create /var/lib/debian-security-support/security-support.semaphore: Permission denied dpkg: error processing package debian-security-support (--configure): installed debian-security-support package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2 -- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.19.0-rc5 (SMP w/32 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages debian-security-support depends on: ii adduser3.123 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.79 ii gettext-base 0.21-8 debian-security-support recommends no packages. debian-security-support suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * debian-security-support/limited: debian-security-support/ended: debian-security-support/earlyend:
