Bug#621833: System user handling in packages: status of discussion
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:00:14AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Would "lockuser" need to be in the adduser package? Given that
> adduser is only priority:important, it's not guaranteed to be present
> when postrm is run, so the operation could fail. Maybe passwd is a
> better place for it, given that it contains useradd etc., and is
> priority:required.
adduser should be elevated to priority:required then. adduser contains
all Debian logic for account handling, while passwd doesn't. adduser
is the logical place for Debianisms.
Greetings
Marc
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