From 269b7c0cd89e9508c0051d6ac2c3632540a31daa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Andres Klode Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:47:32 +0200 Subject: postinst: Correctly pass --home instead of -home, and fixup old user Thanks: Niels Thykier for reporting this on IRC --- debian/apt.postinst | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/apt.postinst b/debian/apt.postinst index b0a5da7d8..1f98fcece 100755 --- a/debian/apt.postinst +++ b/debian/apt.postinst @@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ case "$1" in fi # add unprivileged user for the apt methods - adduser --force-badname --system -home /var/empty \ + adduser --force-badname --system --home /nonexistent \ --no-create-home --quiet _apt || true + # Fixup any mistake in the home directory of the _apt user + if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl 1.1~exp10~; then + usermod --home /nonexistent _apt + fi + # deal with upgrades from experimental if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" 'eq' '1.1~exp3'; then # libapt will setup partial/ at runtime -- cgit v1.2.3