Re: Bug#162211: chown: 'man': invalid user -- man-db should create man user if it's missing.
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 10:22:12AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously tony mancill wrote:
> > FWIW, I agree with Colin on this point. The package should be able to
> > depend on the usernames provided by base-passwd.
>
> I'm working on changing that actually. base-passwd will not create as
> many users initially, and packages can request that a user be created.
> base-passwd will then figure out how to do that (pick a range, check
> if it should be a static uid, etc.).
So what is man-db expected to do in the short term? I assume the package
is correct as it is until base-passwd changes are complete.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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