[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#1058590: getent in polkitd.postinst is broken

[Simon McVittie]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 at 13:59:03 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Problem with polkitd.postinst:
> 
> "getent passwd polkitd" can fail, even though polkitd can be found
> in /etc/passwd.

In what situation does this fail?

If you have a better suggestion, please propose a patch?

Thanks,
    smcv