I got the same problem yesterday, here`s the reply to my question:
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Bug Tracking is your friend... :)
See:
http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=51577
Summary: Fixed in 3.1.5 which (I assume) is pending being moved into
the main archive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looks like we`ve just got to wait until it`s in the main archive but my system still seems to work ok so no problem.
Paul
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 07:57:07PM -0500, Salman Ahmed wrote:
>
> Just thought I'd do an "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" today but
> learned first hand why potato is called unstable. Here is the output
> from apt-get:
>
> @phoenix:[/home/ssahmed] apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> kbd libmime-base64-perl libopenldap1 perl-tk
> 14 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
> 30 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/3894kB of archives. After unpacking 238kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> Setting up base-passwd (3.1.1) ...
> Checking if your system passwd, shadow and group files are correct...
> Adding group "video" (44)
> Would commit 1 changes
>
> It looks like I need to make some changes to your system. Without those
> changes some packages might not work correctly. The list of changes are
> listed above. For more documentation on the Debian account policies
> please read /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/README.
>
> Should I update your system? [Y/n] y
> Okay, I am going to make the necessary updates now
> Reading passwd from /usr/share/base-passwd/passwd.master
> Reading group from /usr/share/base-passwd/group.master
> Reading passwd from /etc/passwd
> Reading shadow from /etc/shadow
> Reading group from /etc/group
> Adding group "video" (44)
> 1 changes have been made, rewriting files
> Writing passwd-file to /etc/passwd.upwd-write
> Replacing "/etc/passwd" with "/etc/passwd.upwd-write"
> Writing shadow-file to /etc/shadow.upwd-write
> Replacing "/etc/shadow" with "/etc/shadow.upwd-write"
> Writing group-file to /etc/group.upwd-write
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-passwd.postinst: line 57: 1157 Segmentation fault update-passwd --verbose
> dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> base-passwd
> E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
> Exit 100
>
>
> Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this ? If I reboot my system, will I
> be able to login if this problem is not fixed right away ?
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
>
> PS : I checked the archives and the only two related threads that I
> found on this subject have no followups :(
>
> --
> Salman Ahmed
> ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
>
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