[Bug 1916651] Re: asks about irc user home directory during upgrade

[Brian Murray]

** Description changed:

- Upgrading from groovy to hirsuite, base-passwd asks if the `irc` user's
- home directory should be moved from `/var/run/ircd` to `/run/ircd`.
- Having no IRC server installed makes this very confusing, but appears
- harmless (https://askubuntu.com/questions/876975/user-irc-inside-of-
- default-ubuntu-16-04-server).  Possibly caused by
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946884, but can this
- not prompt the user for a decision?
+ [Test Case]
+ 1) On an Ubuntu 20.10 system edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to have hirsute instead of groovy
+ 2) Run apt-get update
+ 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get install base-passwd'
  
- ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
+ With the version of base-passwd you'll receive a prompt about moving the
+ 'irc' user's home directory from '/var/run/ircd' to '/run/ircd'.
+ 
+ 
+ [Original Description]
+ Upgrading from groovy to hirsuite, base-passwd asks if the `irc` user's home directory should be moved from `/var/run/ircd` to `/run/ircd`.  Having no IRC server installed makes this very confusing, but appears harmless (https://askubuntu.com/questions/876975/user-irc-inside-of-default-ubuntu-16-04-server).  Possibly caused by https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946884, but can this not prompt the user for a decision?
+ 
+ ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: base-passwd 3.5.49
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50-generic 5.8.18
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu59
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Feb 23 12:02:59 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-17 (556 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190305.1)
  RebootRequiredPkgs:
-  libc6
-  libc6
-  libssl1.1
-  libssl1.1
- SourcePackage: base-passwd
+  libc6
+  libc6
+  libssl1.1
+  libssl1.1SourcePackage: base-passwd
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-02-23 (0 days ago)

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Title:
  asks about irc user home directory during upgrade

Status in base-passwd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in base-passwd source package in Hirsute:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Test Case]
  1) On an Ubuntu 20.10 system edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to have hirsute instead of groovy
  2) Run apt-get update
  3) Execute 'sudo apt-get install base-passwd'

  With the version of base-passwd you'll receive a prompt about moving
  the 'irc' user's home directory from '/var/run/ircd' to '/run/ircd'.

  
  [Original Description]
  Upgrading from groovy to hirsuite, base-passwd asks if the `irc` user's home directory should be moved from `/var/run/ircd` to `/run/ircd`.  Having no IRC server installed makes this very confusing, but appears harmless (https://askubuntu.com/questions/876975/user-irc-inside-of-default-ubuntu-16-04-server).  Possibly caused by https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946884, but can this not prompt the user for a decision?

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: base-passwd 3.5.49
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50-generic 5.8.18
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu59
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Feb 23 12:02:59 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-17 (556 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190305.1)
  RebootRequiredPkgs:
   libc6
   libc6
   libssl1.1
   libssl1.1SourcePackage: base-passwd
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-02-23 (0 days ago)

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