Re: determining package creating group

[Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>]

Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:

> Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>> Due to some NIS misconfiguration (now fixed), I'm missing some groups
>> (notably netdev and bluetooth) on one of my machines.  Is there a way to
>> determine which packages create those groups, so I can reinstall the
>> packages?
>
> I would grep through the postinst scripts for packages that create
> those groups.  On my machine:
>
>   $ cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
>
>   $ find . -name '*.postinst' -exec grep -l -e netdev -e bluetooth {} +
>   ./avahi-daemon.postinst
>   ./gnome-bluetooth.postinst
>   ./bluez.postinst
>   ./wpasupplicant.postinst

This is exactly what I needed -- thanks!

(I wasn't aware the postinst scripts were kept around)