[Bug 874195] Re: dist upgrade aborted

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Thanks for the logs. The error is
Setting up colord (0.1.12-1ubuntu2) ...

Adding system user `colord' (UID 115) ...

Adding new user `colord' (UID 115) with group `colord' ...

Creating home directory `/var/lib/colord' ...

gpasswd: group 'scanner' does not exist in /etc/group

adduser: `/usr/bin/gpasswd -a colord scanner' returned error code 3.
Exiting.

dpkg: error processing colord (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 1

moving to colord

** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => colord (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: colord (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

** Changed in: colord (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Summary changed:

- dist upgrade aborted
+ colord failed to install: gpasswd: group 'scanner' does not exist in /etc/group

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Title:
  colord failed to install: gpasswd: group 'scanner' does not exist in
  /etc/group

Status in “colord” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  dist upgrade to oneiric initiated using kpackagekit on an i386 w/
  natty installed.  Process issued message about installation of colord
  package failing and then continued to this point with another message
  indicating the upgrade has aborted and the system could be in an
  unusable state.  I do not know at this point if the recovery will be
  successful.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Oct 14 08:56:38 2011
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (0 days ago)

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