Re: Bug#930428: debootstrap should ensure matching _apt uid
- To: Michael Schaller <misch@google.com>
- Cc: Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org>, 930428-quiet@bugs.debian.org, 930428@bugs.debian.org, Philipp Kern <phil@philkern.de>, Trek <trek00@inbox.ru>, deity@lists.debian.org, Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org>, 930428-submitter@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#930428: debootstrap should ensure matching _apt uid
- From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 17:03:23 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20190701165916.GA20035@debian.org>
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On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 02:47:08PM +0200, Michael Schaller wrote:
> Looks like there is no reply from the Apt maintainers. Should I open a
> bug against apt?
The _apt user is used in stable, and various Ubuntu LTS, and so far,
nobody cared about us creating it dynamically. So this is not a matter
of urgency.
>
> Also could the proposed patch be added to debootstrap as a temporary
> workaround until this is fixed in Apt?
There is nothing to fix here in apt atm.
The only sensible option long term would be to migrate to a different
user I guess, and that sucks, because the user name is nice.
But this is a long-term effort, and not something that will take
place in the short term.
Adding a workaround to debootstrap sounds reasonable, but probably
to be done post-buster release.
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