On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:26:45AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> There is an error when attempting to purge console-log:
> 
>   Removing console-log ...
>   Purging configuration files for console-log ...
>   Removing system user
>   /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-log.postrm: line 23: deluser: command not found
>   dpkg: error processing console-log (--purge):
>    subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
> 
> The postrm script cannot rely on adduser to be available when purging.
> 
> See Policy 7.2:
>   Note, however, that the `postrm' cannot rely on any non-essential packages 
> to
>   be present during the `purge' phase.

Is it acceptable to not remove the user in absence of deluser and to
throw a warning instead?

Greetings
Marc

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