[can-not-install] maintainer script failure

[Michael Vogt]

Binary package hint: list

Found the following problem during a install test:

Setting up list (1.9.93-1) ...
chgrp: invalid group `stats'
chgrp: invalid group `stats'
dpkg: error processing list (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

This fails because the grep in the postinst looks like this:

stats=`grep stats /etc/group 2>/dev/null`
if [ "${stats}" == "" ]; then
        addgroup --system stats
fi
chgrp -R stats /etc/list && chmod -R g+w /etc/list
chgrp stats /etc/cron.daily/list.cronjob

And the /etc/group looks like this (this was added by some other package):
$ grep stats /srv/installomat/etc/group
remstats:x:144:www-data

[Steve Kowalik (stevenk)]

list (1.9.93-1ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low

  * Rewrite the postinst and postrm so that it won't fall over completely
    if a group containing 'stats' already exists. (LP: #93711)
  * Update Maintainer address per policy.

 -- Steve Kowalik <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:26:38 +1100

[Steve Kowalik (stevenk)]

list 1.9.93-1ubuntu1 has built successfully and landed in the archive.