postinst *always* tries to add ssl-cert group because the conditional is wrong.

[William Ahern]

Binary package hint: ssl-cert

The conditional checks the passwd database, but adds to the group database. The result is that addgroup is always executed.

Two potential patches:

--- postinst.old 2009-01-12 01:06:57.000000000 +0000
+++ postinst 2009-01-12 01:08:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule

 # Create the ssl-cert system group for snakeoil ownership:
-if ! getent passwd ssl-cert >/dev/null; then
+if ! getent group ssl-cert >/dev/null; then
  addgroup --quiet --system ssl-cert
 fi

OR

--- postinst.old 2009-01-12 01:06:57.000000000 +0000
+++ postinst 2009-01-12 01:10:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule

 # Create the ssl-cert system group for snakeoil ownership:
-if ! getent passwd ssl-cert >/dev/null; then
- addgroup --quiet --system ssl-cert
-fi
+addgroup --quiet --system ssl-cert

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Thanks, this appears to now be fixed in postinst.