adduser "delay" causing problems in rpm %pre scripts

[Steven Pritchard]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 12:10:14PM -0400, Erik LaBianca wrote:
> RFE: rpm should have a %createuser and %creategroup directives that
> handle this sort of stuff. They should have flags to remove (or not) on
> uninstall, etc.

No package should *ever* auto-remove users or groups.  That's just
asking for trouble.  Let the admin remove the user if necessary.

Steve
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