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Bug#1004710: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1004710: passwd: 4.11.1 breaks mmdebstrap testsuite by empty directories in /var/mail and /var/spool/mail

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Hi Johannes,

Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> ezt írta (időpont:
2022. febr. 1., K, 0:39):
>
> Package: passwd
> Version: 1:4.11.1+dfsg1-1
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: josch@debian.org
> Control: affects -1 mmdebstrap
>
> Hi,
>
> steps to reproduce:
>
> $ sudo debootstrap unstable debian-unstable-good https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20220131T090427Z/
> $ sudo debootstrap unstable debian-unstable-bad https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20220131T160201Z/
>
> when diffing both directories one sees:
>
> Only in debian-unstable-bad/var/mail: _apt
> Only in debian-unstable-bad/var/mail: systemd-network
> Only in debian-unstable-bad/var/mail: systemd-resolve
> Only in debian-unstable-bad/var/spool/mail: _apt
> Only in debian-unstable-bad/var/spool/mail: systemd-network
> Only in debian-unstable-bad/var/spool/mail: systemd-resolve
>
> The only packages that differ between both chroots are the versions of
> login and passwd, hence I'm filing this bug here.
>
> The problem is, that this breaks the testsuite and autopkgtest of
> mmdebstrap. Notably, a chroot created with mmdebstrap does not include
> these directories.
>
> Is this change indeed related to passwd?

I'm raising the severity to look into that.

> Is the creation of these empty directories intended?

I'm not sure yet.

> Do you have an explanation why they are only created with debootstrap?

Not yet, but thank you for the bug report.

Cheers,
Balint


> Thanks!
>
> cheers, josch

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Bug#1004710: passwd: 4.11.1 breaks mmdebstrap testsuite by empty directories in /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2022-02-01 00:40 +0100
  Bug#1004710: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1004710: passwd: 4.11.1 breaks mmdebstrap testsuite by empty directories in /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Bálint Réczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> - 2022-02-02 00:20 +0100
    Bug#1004710: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1004710: passwd: 4.11.1 breaks mmdebstrap testsuite by empty directories in /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2022-02-10 08:40 +0100
      Bug#1004710: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1004710: passwd: 4.11.1 breaks mmdebstrap testsuite by empty directories in /var/mail and /var/spool/mail Bálint Réczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> - 2022-02-10 23:00 +0100
        Bug#1004710: Please pass "-r" to useradd when needed Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2022-02-11 00:00 +0100
          Bug#1004710: Please pass "-r" to useradd when needed Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2022-02-21 12:40 +0100
  Bug#1004710: Please pass "-r" to useradd when needed Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2022-02-11 07:30 +0100
  Bug#1004710: Please pass "-r" to useradd when needed Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2022-02-11 15:40 +0100
  Bug#1004710: Please pass "-r" to useradd when needed Bálint Réczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> - 2022-02-11 16:30 +0100
  Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Ricardo Fraile <rfraile@rfraile.eu> - 2022-02-13 16:10 +0100
    Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Jason Franklin <jason@oneway.dev> - 2022-02-13 18:20 +0100
  Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2022-02-13 18:20 +0100
    Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Jason Franklin <jason@oneway.dev> - 2022-02-13 18:40 +0100
      Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2022-02-13 19:30 +0100
        Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Ricardo Fraile <rfraile@rfraile.eu> - 2022-02-20 10:20 +0100
  Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2022-02-22 15:10 +0100
  Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Daniel Lewart <lewart3@gmail.com> - 2022-02-25 09:50 +0100
    Bug#1004710: Invoke "useradd -r" when creating a system user Jason Franklin <jason@oneway.dev> - 2022-02-26 22:10 +0100

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