Bug#774332: chfn and fakechroot
Hi!
I am running into the exact same problem when trying to create a
unstable chroot using debootstrap on one of our sh4 machines
using the following command line:
debootstrap --no-check-gpg --include=apt,nano,aptitude,vim unstable
unstable-sh4-20150220-3 ftp://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian
With the error message being:
Setting up systemd (215-12) ...
Initializing machine ID from random generator.
chfn: PAM: Critical error - immediate abort
adduser: `/usr/bin/chfn -f systemd Time Synchronization
systemd-timesync' returned error code 1. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
The problem are apparently the missing quotes in the above command:
root@yamato:/# /usr/bin/chfn -f systemd Time Synchronization
systemd-timesync
chfn: user 'Time' does not exist
root@yamato:/#
Adding them fixes the problem:
root@yamato:/# /usr/bin/chfn -f "systemd Time Synchronization"
systemd-timesync
root@yamato:/#
I checked the systemd postinst and this script does indeed contain
quotes. For some reasons which I don't understand, adduser invokes
chfn in during the debootstrap process without the quotes.
And what's even more crazy, the exact same command line does work
on m68k or amd64 machines, for example. The sh4 machine is up-to-date,
so it can be outdated packages either (unless I overlooked something).
Any ideas?
PS: I would suggest merging 745082, 763391 and 774332. They seem to
describe the exact same bug.
Adrian
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