[artix-general] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/{bind, dnsmasq, util-linux}.conf unknown modifier u!

Xavier B. somenxavier at posteo.net
Sat Jan 4 23:38:32 CET 2025


Same here.
What can we do?

Thanks Javier.

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 12:19:39 -0600
Javier <je-vv at e.email> ha escrit:

> Hello !
> 
> Since some recent upgrades back, I'm getting this errors when some upgrades occur:
> 
> > (1/3) Creating system user accounts...
> > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/bind.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/util-linux.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> 
> On the pacman logs the look like:
> 
> > [timestamp] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/bind.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> > [timestamp] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> > [timestamp] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/util-linux.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> 
> They are owned by:
> 
> > % pacman -Qo /usr/lib/sysusers.d/bind.conf
> > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/bind.conf is owned by bind 9.20.4-2
> 
> > % pacman -Qo /usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf
> > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf is owned by dnsmasq 2.90-2
> 
> > % pacman -Qo /usr/lib/sysusers.d/util-linux.conf
> > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/util-linux.conf is owned by util-linux 2.40.2-3
> 
> I started to notice this with the bind upgrade:
> 
> > [2025-01-03T11:46:22-0600] [ALPM] upgraded bind (9.20.4-1 -> 9.20.4-2)
> > [2025-01-03T11:46:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/bind.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> 
> Then with the dnsmasq upgrade we got an additional error:
> 
> > [2025-01-03T18:22:28-0600] [ALPM] upgraded doxygen (1.12.0-3 -> 1.13.1-1)
> > [2025-01-03T18:22:28-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/bind.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> > [2025-01-03T18:22:28-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> 
> And with the util-linux upgrade the last additional error:
> 
> > [2025-01-04T11:25:56-0600] [ALPM] upgraded util-linux (2.40.2-2 -> 2.40.2-3)
> > [2025-01-04T11:26:09-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/bind.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> > [2025-01-04T11:26:09-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/dnsmasq.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> > [2025-01-04T11:26:09-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/lib/sysusers.d/util-linux.conf:1: Unknown modifier 'u!'.
> 
> Anything missing, whether with these packages, or perhaps the pacman utiliy in charge of the user accounts?  Perhaps there's some pending upgrade missing?
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> -- 
> Javier
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