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Date:      Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:45:04 GMT
From:      Greg Kennedy <kennedy.greg@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/185781: make install for net/vmstat dies on creating users.
Message-ID:  <201401142045.s0EKj43A076930@oldred.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201401142050.s0EKo08G091124@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         185781
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       make install for net/vmstat dies on creating users.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 14 20:50:00 UTC 2014
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Greg Kennedy
>Release:        9.2-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD server.greg-kennedy.com 9.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Sat Jan 11 02:38:15 UTC 2014     root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
After compiling vnstat, the installation process dies on the section
"Creating users and/or groups."

A group 'vnstat' is created.  A user is then created, but the installation thinks that vnstat user disappeared in the process, so it bombs.  Subsequent runs die on user creation - perhaps it should reuse existing created user.

--output follows--
===> Creating users and/or groups.
Creating group `vnstat' with gid `284'.
Creating user `vnstat' with uid `284'.
pw: user 'vnstat' disappeared during update
*** [create-users-groups] Error code 67

Stop in /usr/ports/net/vnstat.
*** [install] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/net/vnstat.



$ make install

===> Creating users and/or groups.
Using existing group `vnstat'.
Creating user `vnstat' with uid `284'.
pw: user 'vnstat' already exists
*** [create-users-groups] Error code 74

Stop in /usr/ports/net/vnstat.
*** [install] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/net/vnstat.

>How-To-Repeat:
cd /usr/ports/net/vnstat
make install clean
(don't select any options)
..wait for crash

make install
..crash with a different output this time
>Fix:
First instance of creating user should not think the user disappeared in the process.  Subsequent runs should find duplicate user and re-use its ID instead of just dying.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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