Bug#837871: no need for addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting. messages

[Michael Biebl]

Control: block -1 by 763055

Am 15.09.2016 um 01:56 schrieb 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson:
> Package: udev
> Version: 231-6
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Perhaps on upgrade instead of saying
>         addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
> say nothing, and instead just say
>         Adding group `input'.
> if adding.
> 
> That way you need only make one message once,
> instead of a message upon each upgrade.
> 
> And it is a message about doing something,
> instead of a message about doing nothing.
> 
> No need to distract system administrators with a message about doing
> nothing, each upgrade.

That's basically an adduser bug. We wanted to use --quiet, but this is
broken due to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763055

Good luck getting adduser fixed.


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