Bug#684463: condor fails to install if condor user already exists

Package: condor
Version: 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi!

when I try to install condor on a machine where the condor user already exists (either
because the machine uses LDAP authentication and condor user is in
LDAP or because I am just re-installing or upgrading condor), the
configuration step fails with:

Setting up condor (7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd60+1) ...
adduser: The user `condor' already exists. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing condor (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
condor
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up condor (7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd60+1) ...
adduser: The user `condor' already exists. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing condor (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
condor

I am somehow unsure what is happening, because I have this also on a
machine where condor is already installed and working, but:

hamxxx ~ # dpkg-reconfigure condor
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: condor is broken or not fully installed
hamxxx ~ # condor_q
ID OWNER SUBMITTED RUN_TIME ST PRI SIZE CMD
2586.0 xxxxxxx 8/9 15:50 0+05:36:39 R 0 43.9 bash_lc_var_5 2586
2586.1 xxxxxxx 8/9 15:50 0+05:36:39 R 0 43.9 bash_lc_var_5 2586
[...]

this happens on squeeze, wheezy and ubuntu precise...

am I doing something wrong?

thank you,
tiziano

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers precise-updates
APT policy: (500, 'precise-updates'), (500, 'precise-security'), (500, 'precise')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages condor depends on:
ii adduser 3.113ubuntu2
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.42ubuntu1
ii libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10
ii libclassad3 7.8.1~dfsg.1-1~nd12.04+1
ii libcomerr2 1.42-1ubuntu2
ii libcurl3 7.22.0-3ubuntu4
ii libdate-manip-perl 6.25-1
ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1
ii libgcc1 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
ii libglobus-common0 14.5-1
ii libglobus-ftp-control1 4.2-1
ii libglobus-gass-transfer2 7.1-1
ii libglobus-gram-client3 12.3-2
ii libglobus-gsi-credential1 5.1-1
ii libglobus-gsi-proxy-core0 6.1-1
ii libglobus-gsi-sysconfig1 5.1-1
ii libglobus-gss-assist3 8.1-1
ii libglobus-gssapi-gsi4 10.2-1
ii libglobus-io3 9.2-1
ii libglobus-rsl2 9.1-2
ii libglobus-xio0 3.2-1
ii libgsoap1 2.8.4-2
ii libk5crypto3 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3
ii libkrb5-3 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.1
ii libpcre3 8.12-4
ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.3
ii libstdc++6 4.6.3-1ubuntu5
ii libuuid1 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
ii libvirt0 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.3
ii neurodebian-popularity-contest 0.28~nd12.04+1
ii perl 5.14.2-6ubuntu2
ii python 2.7.3-0ubuntu2

Versions of packages condor recommends:
ii dmtcp 1.2.5-1~nd12.04+1

Versions of packages condor suggests:
pn coop-computing-tools <none>



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