[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1124105: Bug#1124105: passwd leaves behind /etc/.pwd.lock upon uninstalling

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

* Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha at debian.org> [251228 13:27]:
>On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 10:45:31AM +0100, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote:
>> * Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha at debian.org> [2025-12-28 10:00]:
[..]

>> > Maybe `shadowconfig on` should just delete the lock file? Didn't
>> > investigate yet if this is feasible.
>>
>> Probably also a good idea but that would be libc as shadowconfig is using
>> pwconv which is calling lckpwdf() and that is creating the lock file. Maybe
>> it should clean it up upon ulckpwdf().

Another option might be to ship /etc/.pwd.lock as a proper conffile 
in a package. Even if src:shadow would clean up after installing, 
other packages using lckpwdf will still cause this issue.

Given lckpwdf is in src:glibc, maybe there?

Chris