[Bug 461584] [NEW] package openerp-server 5.0.5-1 failed to upgrade due to a missing group

[john]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: openerp-server

Upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10.  Openerp upgrade failed during the upgrade
process.  Prior to rebooting ran the following:

john at john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for john: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up openerp-server (5.0.5-1) ...
Open ERP user (openerp) already exists, doing nothing.
chown: invalid group: `openerp:openerp'
dpkg: error processing openerp-server (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

john at john-desktop:~$ sudo groupadd openerp

john at john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up openerp-server (5.0.5-1) ...
Open ERP user (openerp) already exists, doing nothing.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Open ERP uses a PostgreSQL database to store its data. With the first *
* generation of packages, you have to setup this database manually.     *
* Please read /usr/share/doc/openerp-server/README.Debian how to do it. *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Starting openerp-server: openerp-server.

john at john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
john at john-desktop:~$ 

Notice that when I manually added the group the subsequent install
worked.  I am unsure if this is the currect solution,  but it worked for
me.

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering: openerp-server: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 26 20:12:46 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: openerp-server 5.0.5-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae
SourcePackage: openerp-server
Title: package openerp-server 5.0.5-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686

** Affects: openerp-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package i386

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