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

[n952162 <n952162@web.de>]

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.