Re: Bug#162211: chown: 'man': invalid user -- man-db should create man user if it's missing.
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Solution: If there is no 'man' when man-db is being installed,
> > it should be added.
Looks like a bad idea to me. Should base-passwd need to change the userid of
user man, it would induce a subtle bug on the man-db package that's quite
difficult to track.
> really what I'm supposed to do, then *all* packages using statically
> allocated uids should be expected to do the same, contrary to current
> Debian policy.
You are correct.
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