bug#45830: closed (Assert, that user and group names are unique -> breaks guix system reconfigure)

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reconfigure
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> Hi Leo,
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> your commit a3002104:
> system: Assert, that user and group names are unique.
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> breaks `guix system reconfigure` for me and other people (at least two
> in IRC).
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> $ guix system reconfigure config.scm
> guix system: error: the following groups appear more than once: lp
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> $ sudo grep lp /etc/group
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> lpadmin:x:975:
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> $ sudo grep lp /etc/passwd
> lp:!:18467::::::
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> The same happend on my server with the `nginx` group.
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> I reverted it for the mean time, as I find it pretty grave...
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> ~Jonathan
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> Hello again,
> Am Mittwoch, den 13.01.2021, 00:23 +0100 schrieb Leo Prikler:
> > Hi Jonathan,
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> > Am Mittwoch, den 13.01.2021, 00:03 +0100 schrieb Jonathan Brielmaier:
> > > Hi Leo,
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> > > your commit a3002104:
> > > system: Assert, that user and group names are unique.
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> > > breaks `guix system reconfigure` for me and other people (at least
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> > > in IRC).
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> > > $ guix system reconfigure config.scm
> > > guix system: error: the following groups appear more than once: lp
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> > > $ sudo grep lp /etc/group
> > > lp:x:989:
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> > > lpadmin:x:975:
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> > > $ sudo grep lp /etc/passwd
> > > lp:!:18467::::::
> > It would seem you have two or more services adding an lp group then. 
> > Or one service and a manually defined one.
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> > > The same happend on my server with the `nginx` group.
> > Same problem here; you're probably adding an nginx group twice in
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> > way.  This is especially concerning, given that it's groups twice –
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> > some reason nothing is adding additional users or else that check
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> > have been triggered first.
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> > > I reverted it for the mean time, as I find it pretty grave...
> > I would have preferred, if you could instead have demoted it to a
> > warning.  I understand, that stuff suddenly breaking can be
> > frustrating, but I doubt the configurations you're using are fine.
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> > > ~Jonathan
> > Regards,
> > Leo
> I've re-applied the patch with errors demoted to warnings.  I hope you
> and the other people, who've reported this in IRC will be able to
> figure out where the duplicate groups come from.
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> Regards,
> Leo
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