[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#499014: dbus - Fails to install: chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'

[Bastian Blank]

Package: dbus
Version: 1.2.1-3
Severity: grave

dbus fails to install:

| Setting up dbus (1.2.1-3) ...
| The system user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
| chown: invalid group: `messagebus:messagebus'
| dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
|  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

| $ getent passwd messagebus
| messagebus:x:100:101::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
| $ getent group messagebus
| $

Bastian

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