Bug#781266: r-base-core: Package fails to install when there is no group names "staff" on the system

2015-03-26 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Thu, 2015-03-26 at 13:52 -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > Adam, > > I owe you a cold beverage or two! Thanks *so much* for jumping in here. > > On 26 March 2015 at 18:46, Adam D. Barratt wrote: [...] > | If /usr/local exists then Policy by extension requires that the "staff" > | group also e

Bug#781266: r-base-core: Package fails to install when there is no group names "staff" on the system

2015-03-26 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible Control: severity -1 normal On Thu, 2015-03-26 at 12:48 -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 26 March 2015 at 18:03, Alexander Schlarb wrote: > | Package: r-base-core > | Version: 3.1.1-1+b2 > | Severity: grave > | Justification: renders package unusable

Bug#781266: r-base-core: Package fails to install when there is no group names "staff" on the system

2015-03-26 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 26 March 2015 at 19:01, Johannes Ranke wrote: | | Am Donnerstag, 26. März 2015, 12:48:37 schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel: | > On 26 March 2015 at 18:03, Alexander Schlarb wrote: | > | Package: r-base-core | > | Version: 3.1.1-1+b2 | > | Severity: grave | > | Justification: renders package unusable |

Bug#781266: r-base-core: Package fails to install when there is no group names "staff" on the system

2015-03-26 Thread Johannes Ranke
Am Donnerstag, 26. März 2015, 12:48:37 schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel: > On 26 March 2015 at 18:03, Alexander Schlarb wrote: > | Package: r-base-core > | Version: 3.1.1-1+b2 > | Severity: grave > | Justification: renders package unusable > | > | When installing the package `r-base-core` (or anything t

Bug#781266: r-base-core: Package fails to install when there is no group names "staff" on the system

2015-03-26 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 26 March 2015 at 18:03, Alexander Schlarb wrote: | Package: r-base-core | Version: 3.1.1-1+b2 | Severity: grave | Justification: renders package unusable | | When installing the package `r-base-core` (or anything that depends on it) on a | clean jessie install (not upgraded) then the depricat

Bug#781266: r-base-core: Package fails to install when there is no group names "staff" on the system

2015-03-26 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Upon reflection, I'll make it 'adm'. We still need to think through if this warrants an update for Jessie. Dirk -- http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Bug#781266: r-base-core: Package fails to install when there is no group names "staff" on the system

2015-03-26 Thread Alexander Schlarb
Package: r-base-core Version: 3.1.1-1+b2 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable When installing the package `r-base-core` (or anything that depends on it) on a clean jessie install (not upgraded) then the depricated "staff" group will not exist and the calls to `chown root:staff /