Martin Schulze wrote: > The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and > groupadd. Why not do it in the postinst, at configure time? Then a normal dependency is enough. If the user or group does not exist on the system, dpkg will use the numeric IDs instead. Richard Braakman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org