(when dealing with a bug, let's try to do so through the bug number. Thus, the BTS knows about our discussions)
Quoting Alexander Gattin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi! > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 06:49:34PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# LC_ALL=C pwck > > user nobody: directory /nonexistent does not exist > > Also: > user uucp: directory /var/spool/uucp does not exist > user list: directory /var/list does not exist > user irc: directory /var/run/ircd does not exist > user gnats: directory /var/lib/gnats does not exist > user munin: directory /var/lib/munin does not exist > user debian-so: directory /lib/debian-so does not exist > > > As the setting is Debian-specific, what should we do ? > > > > 1) don't fix this and let pwck warn about this > > I think we should do this. > > Especially given that the real source of annoyance was > "tiger" software, which I use too and can confirm. > > > 2) fix pwck so that it does not complain about nobody > > 3) add an "ignore" option for having it ignore some logins > > I really don't fear the additional work/study required > for 2 and 3, but conceptually 1st way is the correct, > because whole intent of pwck is to find all even minor > inconsistencies. > > P.S. maybe reassign to tiger? Reassign and mention that tiger should discard this warning ? Well, maybe, yes. I'm OK with the "wontfix" choice : after all, this could be seen as an inconsistency and thus pwck just does its work.
