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package colord 0.1.12-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: adduser: The group `scanner' does not exist.

Bug #877741 reported by David Panofsky on 2011-10-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #874195: colord failed to install: gpasswd: group 'scanner' does not exist in /etc/group. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	colord (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

Error occured when upgrading from 10.4 -> 10.11

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: colord 0.1.12-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 18 16:26:24 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: colord
Title: package colord 0.1.12-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (0 days ago)

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David Panofsky (ubuntu-avantextreme) wrote on 2011-10-18:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz Edit (519.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (6.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (64.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (21.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (711 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (14.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (57.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-11-19:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in colord (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote on 2011-11-20:

Setting up colord (0.1.12-1ubuntu2) ...
Adding system user `colord' (UID 116) ...
Adding new user `colord' (UID 116) with group `colord' ...
Creating home directory `/var/lib/colord' ...
adduser: The group `scanner' does not exist.
dpkg: error processing colord (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

summary:	package colord 0.1.12-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: - subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status - 1 + adduser: The group `scanner' does not exist.
Changed in colord (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High