Re: [gentoo-user] could there be a problem with acct-group/lp?

[n952162 <n952162@web.de>]

On 1/1/21 8:47 PM, n952162 wrote:
> On 12/31/20 2:14 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>> On 12/31/20 2:34 AM, n952162 wrote:
>>>
>>> cups was already installed.  I considered removing it, but several
>>> other
>>> things, like ghostscript (!) are dependent on it.  I'm using
>>> --keep-going for now.  I suspect a bug in acct-group/lp that will get
>>> cleared up.
>>>
>>
>> If it's a bug in the acct-user eclass, it's a rare one. It would help
>> if you could pin down the root cause. It's not something easy like "it
>> fails if the user already exists." Every user and group ebuild is
>> already at "-r1", which means they've been reinstalled at least once
>> on most peoples' machines.
>>
>
> Perhaps this is relevant:
>
>   https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7975642.html
>
> I haven't tried commenting out the group yet because my update is still
> in progress...
>
> I'd considering removing the group, like, legally, but was afraid it
> might erase things, like my cups ppd files.  But just commenting the
> group out is genius.
>
>

No, I think I found a mistake on my system:

   lp:x:7:lp:me

The last colon should be a comma.