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FS#23197 - [fcron] install script fails to add group

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Chris Darnell (cedeel) - Wednesday, 09 March 2011, 02:11 GMT
Last edited by Thorsten Töpper (Atsutane) - Sunday, 20 March 2011, 15:09 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Thorsten Töpper (Atsutane)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: In certain cases, the install script for fcron fail to add the cron group, which in turn leads to the daemon silently failing to start.
Suggestion: the script should use 'getent' instead of egrep

Additional info:
* package version(s) 3.0.6-3

Steps to reproduce:
Apparently this bug is caused by having a group with 'cron' somewhere in the name, and installing fcron.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Thorsten Töpper (Atsutane)
Sunday, 20 March 2011, 15:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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