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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-passwd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916651 Title: asks about irc user home directory during upgrade Status in base-passwd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in base-passwd source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in base-passwd package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: [Test Case] 1) On an Ubuntu 20.10 system edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to have hirsute instead of groovy (this is the easiest way to verify the fix because the release upgrade process disables -proposed) 2) Run apt-get update 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get install base-passwd' With the version of base-passwd in the release component you'll receive a prompt about moving the 'irc' user's home directory from '/var/run/ircd' to '/run/ircd'. With the version of base-passwd from -proposed you will not receive a prompt and will instead see the following dpkg message: "Changing home-directory of irc from /var/run/ircd to /run/ircd" [Where Problems Could Occur] In the event that there is a logical error when checking for the irc user and its old home directory being /var/run/ircd a debconf prompt may not be presented when it really should be. [Original Description] Upgrading from groovy to hirsuite, base-passwd asks if the `irc` user's home directory should be moved from `/var/run/ircd` to `/run/ircd`. Having no IRC server installed makes this very confusing, but appears harmless (https://askubuntu.com/questions/876975/user-irc-inside-of-default-ubuntu-16-04-server). Possibly caused by https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946884, but can this not prompt the user for a decision? ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: base-passwd 3.5.49 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu59 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Feb 23 12:02:59 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-17 (556 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190305.1) RebootRequiredPkgs: libc6 libc6 libssl1.1 libssl1.1SourcePackage: base-passwd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-02-23 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-passwd/+bug/1916651/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
