** Description changed: + ### SRU Justification ### + + [Impact] + The package is uninstallable in precise release. + [Development Fix] + This has been fixed in 2012.1~e4~20120126.11502-0ubuntu2 in quantal + [Stable Fix] + Minimal patch available below: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/melange/+bug/995187/+attachment/3147526/+files/fix-for-995187.diff + [Test Case] + Try to install from precise, and receive the below error message. + Install new version from precise-proposed, and it works as expected. + [Regression Potential] + Very little considering that the package is uninstallable as is. + ###### + Following is the result of running apt-get install melange on an Ubuntu Precise machine: Unpacking melange (from .../melange_2012.1~e4~20120126.11502-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Setting up melange (2012.1~e4~20120126.11502-0ubuntu1) ... Warning: The home dir /var/lib/melnage you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory Adding system user `melange' (UID 104) ... Adding new user `melange' (UID 104) with group `melnage' ... Not creating home directory `/var/lib/melnage'. chown: invalid group: `melange:melange' dpkg: error processing melange (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: melange E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It seems like there is a typo in the group "melnage".
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