[Bug 394755] Re: motion failed to install/upgrade : chown: invalid group: `motion:motion'

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: motion
  
  when ubuntu upgraded I lost my ATI driver and now motion fails to
  upgrade
  
  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Package: motion 3.2.11-1ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: motion
  Title: package motion 3.2.11-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686
+ 
+ DESCRIPTION:
+ motion failed to install on Karmic with error 
+ 
+ chown: invalid group: `motion:motion'
+ dpkg: error processing motion (--configure):
+  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
+  
+ when running the post install script and for some reason user 'motion' exists but group 'motion' doesn't
+ 
+ TEST CASE:
+ # sudo adduser --no-create-home --disabled-password --system --ingroup nogroup motion
+ Adding system user `motion' (UID 103) ...
+ Adding new user `motion' (UID 103) with group `nogroup' ...
+ Not creating home directory `/home/motion'.
+ # apt-get install motion
+ Reading package lists... Done
+ Building dependency tree       
+ Reading state information... Done
+ Suggested packages:
+   mysql-client postgresql-client
+ The following NEW packages will be installed:
+   motion
+ 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
+ Need to get 0B/293kB of archives.
+ After this operation, 897kB of additional disk space will be used.
+ Preconfiguring packages ...
+ Selecting previously deselected package motion.
+ (Reading database ... 202389 files and directories currently installed.)
+ Unpacking motion (from .../motion_3.2.11-2build1_i386.deb) ...
+ Processing triggers for man-db ...
+ Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
+ Setting up motion (3.2.11-2build1) ...
+ chown: invalid group: `motion:motion'
+ dpkg: error processing motion (--configure):
+  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
+ Errors were encountered while processing:
+  motion
+ E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
+ # 
+ 
+ FIX : 
+ Submitted to Debian and patch available for Ubuntu motion 3.2.11-2build1
+ Replace the function 'id' with 'getent' to check if group motion exists.

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motion failed to install/upgrade : chown: invalid group: `motion:motion'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394755
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