Re: colord Warning during upgrade to wheezy (SOLVED)

[Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm>]

On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Reco wrote:

> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:20:50 +0400
> From: Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Cc: Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm>
> Subject: Re: colord Warning during upgrade to wheezy
> Resent-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 15:21:10 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi.
>
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 17:05:15 +0200 (IST)
> Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > During upgrade squeeze -> wheezy the following warning came up:
> >
> > Setting up colord (0.1.21-1) ...
> > adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/colord' does not belong to the user you are currently creating.
> >
> > At present '/var/lib/colord' belongs to user and group 'colord'.
> >
> > I guess that this means that colord installation is correct after all.
> >
> > _However_, I would appreciate a confirmation from a knowledgeable user.
>
> The contents of /var/lib/dpkg/info/colord.postinst explain this
> behavior. Basically, they create the needed directory first, add the
> colord user then and finally change permissions for the dir.

It's time I learn to stick my nose into /var/lib/dpkg/info. ;-)

> IMO, this is the usual thing, not a bug.
>
> Reco

OK.  Thank you for the re-assurance.
Itay