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Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?



Emanoil Kotsev:
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, groups created by a package are not removed, not even on purge (I
>> still have the 'Debian-exim' user and group, though I purged it and
>> replaced it with postfix). If that same package is reinstalled it will
>> reuse the user:group, this is why it should work.
> 
> I think it depends on the packager decision and effort - some packages
> remove the user some not.

No, these kinds of things are described in the Debian Policy. Any
(severe) deviation from it is a serious bug.

J.
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