Bug#406911: Acknowledgement (user-setup: last set of bugfixes stops passwd/make-user=false from working)

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 09:03:31PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > ok.  in functions.sh, changing the test in is_system_user () to
> > return 0 instead of 1 if $ROOT/etc/passwd fails fixes the problem.
> 
> Only because it's causing the system to _always_ think that a system
> user already exists, even if there's no password file, AFAICS.
 
 hello joey,

 ok i talked to phil about this: my understanding of shell scripts is
 brain-dead.

 phil explained that 0 equals success, and 1 equals fail, therefore ! 1
 is...

 my brain hurts.

 the bottom line: it's perfectly correct, and my bugreport is complete
 rubbish :)

 l.


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