[arch-general] git update groupadd failure: Invalid configuration: SYS_GID_MIN (101), GID_MIN (100), SYS_GID_MAX (99)

[Allan McRae]

On 05/09/12 00:03, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
> 
>   pacman -Syu this morning and groupadd failed while installing git with the
> following message:
> 
> ( 28/115) upgrading git
> [###########################] 100%
> groupadd: Invalid configuration: SYS_GID_MIN (101), GID_MIN (100), SYS_GID_MAX (99)
> useradd: group 'git' does not exist
> error: command failed to execute correctly
> 
>   It appears to see a min of 100 and a max of 99. That doesn't appear to ever work.
> 
> [confused construction worker] "I've cut it twice and it's still too short?"
> 

This is the default in /etc/login.defs :

#
# Min/max values for automatic gid selection in groupadd
#
GID_MIN			 1000
GID_MAX			60000
# System accounts
SYS_GID_MIN		  500
SYS_GID_MAX		  999



Is yours changed?