tags 613842 + patch thanks Hi,
attached is a patch that solves the issue for me. The reordering would have been enough in most cases, but I wanted to safeguard it a bit :) No idea how that could have worked in the first place, or did dpkg accept non-extisting users in statoverrides before? No intent to NMU at this time due to #639916 Regards Evgeni
diff -u spread-3.17.4/debian/changelog spread-3.17.4/debian/changelog --- spread-3.17.4/debian/changelog +++ spread-3.17.4/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +spread (3.17.4-4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Only delete the user and group when no statoverrides are left + Closes: #613842 + + -- Evgeni Golov <evg...@debian.org> Sun, 08 Jul 2012 13:21:09 +0200 + spread (3.17.4-4) unstable; urgency=low * QA upload. diff -u spread-3.17.4/debian/spread.postrm spread-3.17.4/debian/spread.postrm --- spread-3.17.4/debian/spread.postrm +++ spread-3.17.4/debian/spread.postrm @@ -1,15 +1,22 @@ #!/bin/sh -e if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then - - if [ -x /usr/sbin/userdel -a -x /usr/sbin/groupdel ]; then - getent passwd spread >/dev/null && userdel spread - getent group spread >/dev/null && groupdel spread - fi dpkg-statoverride --remove /etc/spread/spread.conf || true dpkg-statoverride --remove /etc/spread || true dpkg-statoverride --remove /var/run/spread || true + + # only delete the user and group when no statoverrides are left + if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /etc/spread/spread.conf >/dev/null; then + if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /etc/spread >/dev/null; then + if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /var/run/spread >/dev/null; then + if [ -x /usr/sbin/userdel -a -x /usr/sbin/groupdel ]; then + getent passwd spread >/dev/null && userdel spread + getent group spread >/dev/null && groupdel spread + fi + fi + fi + fi fi #DEBHELPER#