On Wed, 03 May 2023 14:45:01 +0200 Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org> wrote:
> There is ongoing discussion how to handle system users on package
> removal, see https://bugs.debian.org/621833
> Consensus seems to be not to remove system users (to avoid reusing UIDs
> which could grant access to the wrong files) but to "lock" them (where
> "locking"/"unlocking" is not yet precisely defined). Until that has
> been decided it should be sufficient to have the postrm script ignore
> any errors from deluser:
>   deluser ... || true

since time is running short, I am going to NMU webdis on Thursday with a delay
of 2 days unless you disagree and/or want to do this yourself.

Thanks!

cheers, josch

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