[Bug 1255328] Re: Memcached package creates /nonexistent/

[Dustin Lundquist]

** Patch added: "memcached-no-create-home.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/+bug/1255328/+attachment/3917778/+files/memcached-no-create-home.patch

** Description changed:

- <pre>
+ memcached package creates /nonexistant which should not exist:
+ 
  [dustin at lilthing ~]$ ls /
  bin  boot  cdrom  dev  etc  home  initrd.img  initrd.img.old  lib  lib64  lost+found  media  mnt  opt  proc  root  run  sbin  srv  sys  tmp  usr  var  vmlinuz  vmlinuz.old
  [dustin at lilthing ~]$ sudo apt-get install memcached
  Reading package lists... Done
- Building dependency tree       
+ Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Suggested packages:
-   libcache-memcached-perl libmemcached
+   libcache-memcached-perl libmemcached
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
-   memcached
+   memcached
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/76.3 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 228 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Selecting previously unselected package memcached.
  (Reading database ... 243247 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking memcached (from .../memcached_1.4.14-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
  Setting up memcached (1.4.14-0ubuntu4) ...
  Starting memcached: memcached.
  Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
  [dustin at lilthing ~]$ ls /
  bin  boot  cdrom  dev  etc  home  initrd.img  initrd.img.old  lib  lib64  lost+found  media  mnt  nonexistent  opt  proc  root  run  sbin  srv  sys  tmp  usr  var  vmlinuz  vmlinuz.old
  
- </pre>
- 
- Suggested fix:
- <pre>
- --- memcached-1.4.14/debian/memcached.postinst.orig	2013-11-26 14:13:52.632357089 -0800
- +++ memcached-1.4.14/debian/memcached.postinst	2013-11-26 14:14:30.788355734 -0800
- @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
-              adduser \
-                --system \
-                --disabled-login \
- +              --no-create-home \
-                --ingroup $GROUP \
-                --home $DATADIR \
-                --gecos "Memcached" \
- </pre>
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: memcached 1.4.14-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov 26 14:08:48 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-08 (49 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: memcached
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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