Bug#838431: systemd.postinst fails because the systemd-timesync user already exists when upgrading

[Michael Biebl]

Am 21.09.2016 um 06:29 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Control: tags -1 moreinfo unreproducible
> Control: severity -1 important
> 
> Am 21.09.2016 um 05:31 schrieb Grond:
>> 	Setting up systemd (215-17+deb8u5) ...
>> 	addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
>> 	dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure):
>> 	 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> 
> ...
> 
>> `getent` queries for the other systemd users referenced in the above have similar results.
>> Apparently, `adduser` returns a non-zero exit status when told to create a user that already
>> exists, even if the --quiet flag is given.
> 
> If that's the case, then this would be a bug in adduser and not systemd.
> I can't reproduce that though
> 
> # getent passwd systemd-timesync
> systemd-timesync:x:108:113:systemd Time
> Synchronization,,,:/run/systemd:/bin/false
> 
> # adduser --quiet --system --group --no-create-home --home /run/systemd
> --gecos "systemd Time Synchronization" systemd-timesync
> 
> # echo $?
> 0
> 
>> Since the whole script is run under `set -e`, when the `adduser` command fails, the entire
>> systemd.postist script aborts.
> 
> Can you add "set -e" to systemd.postinst and then run
> dpkg --configure -a and attach the log. Somehow I suspect the addgroup /
> adduser message is a red herring.
> 

Just to be sure, please run
# adduser --system --group --no-create-home --home /run/systemd
 --gecos "systemd Time Synchronization" systemd-timesync
# echo $?

and attach the output


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