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theking2

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From: Romanshorn Switzerland

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 372

fcron package error

It seems like the frcon package contains an error. After installing and immidiate removing the following is logged:

$ sudo pacman -Rc fcron
checking dependencies...

Packages (1) fcron-3.2.0-2

Total Removed Size:  0.28 MiB

:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n]
(1/1) removing fcron                               [######################] 100%
error: command failed to execute correctly

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WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: fcron package error

Please open a bug report against fcron (assuming it hasn't already been reported).

The reason the error happens is because "USERGROUPS_ENAB" is set to "yes" in /etc/login.defs, this means that userdel removes the group as well (if no other users are in it). I'm not sure if this is a recent change, but it means that the groupdel call in the post_remove scriptlet is redundant.

The error is harmless, it just means that the fcron group couldn't be removed (because it already was removed by userdel).

Mod note: This doesn't really fit in to the Applications & DEs subforum, moving to Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues.

EDIT: Bug reported -- https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47266

Last edited by WorMzy (2015-12-04 23:46:55)

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