warning while debhelper installation: newaliases not found

[JanBrinkmann]

Binary package hint: debarchiver

root@repo:~# apt-get install debarchiver
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  opalmod
Suggested packages:
  devscripts
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  debarchiver opalmod
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 81.9kB of archives.
After this operation, 528kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe opalmod 0.1.15 [26.8kB]
Get:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe debarchiver 0.8.0 [55.1kB]
Fetched 81.9kB in 0s (336kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package opalmod.
(Reading database ... 15205 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking opalmod (from .../opalmod_0.1.15_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package debarchiver.
Unpacking debarchiver (from .../debarchiver_0.8.0_all.deb) ...
Setting up opalmod (0.1.15) ...
Setting up debarchiver (0.8.0) ...
Warning: The home dir /var/lib/debarchiver you specified already exists.
Adding system user `debarchiver' (UID 105) ...
Adding new group `debarchiver' (GID 114) ...
Adding new user `debarchiver' (UID 105) with group `debarchiver' ...
The home directory `/var/lib/debarchiver' already exists. Not copying from `/etc/skel'.
adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/debarchiver' does not belong to the user you are currently creating.
Setting owner for /var/cache/debarchiver to debarchiver.
Setting owner for /var/lib/debarchiver/dists to debarchiver.
Setting group owner for /var/lib/debarchiver/incoming to debarchiver.
Setting up a alias for debarchiver to root in /etc/aliases.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/debarchiver.postinst: 64: newaliases: not found

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 21 14:32:11 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: debarchiver 0.8.0
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/lib/kde4/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: debarchiver
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-server x86_64

[JanBrinkmann (jbrinkmann)]

It was a fresh 8.04 install and I'm not sure if it would be right to add a dependency (maybe overkill?) or to patch postinst to make it conditional.

[JanBrinkmann (jbrinkmann)]

This is already fixed in newer releases. Marking as such.