Bug#499014: dbus - Fails to install: chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'

2015-09-14 Thread Ferenc Wagner
reassign 499014 schroot thanks Thanks, it was useful. This happens after reusing an schroot after installing dbus inside it, if the host does not have the messagebus user/group. Because schroot by default overrides the NSS databases of the chroot by those of the host, see

Bug#499014: dbus - Fails to install: chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'

2015-05-20 Thread Joachim Breitner
Version: 1.8.18-1 Hi, I just hit this or a related problem. In a fresh sid chroot, eventually dpkg would complain: $ apt-get install nettle-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed:

Bug#499014: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#499014: dbus - Fails to install: chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'

2008-09-22 Thread Bastian Blank
severity 499014 serious thanks On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 07:06:24AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: There was no further information provided. So the only possible explanation for this scenario is, that the user either 1.) Deleted the messagebus group 2.) Created the messagebus user himself without

Bug#499014: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#499014: Bug#499014: dbus - Fails to install: chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'

2008-09-22 Thread Michael Biebl
Bastian Blank wrote: severity 499014 serious thanks On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 07:06:24AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: There was no further information provided. So the only possible explanation for this scenario is, that the user either 1.) Deleted the messagebus group 2.) Created the

Bug#499014: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#499014: Bug#499014: Bug#499014: dbus - Fails to install: chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'

2008-09-22 Thread Loïc Minier
severity 499014 wishlist stop On Mon, Sep 22, 2008, Michael Biebl wrote: 3.) Copied /etc/passwd around (without the corresponding /etc/group) The package is not able to recover from error conditions, in this case a missing group. How this happened is irrelevant. I beg to disagree.

Bug#499014: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#499014: dbus - Fails to install: chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'

2008-09-21 Thread Michael Biebl
severity 499014 important thanks Downgrading to severity important. There was no further information provided. So the only possible explanation for this scenario is, that the user either 1.) Deleted the messagebus group 2.) Created the messagebus user himself without the corresponding messagebus