[arch-general] Newly installed system without uuidd user

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Rodrigo Rivas
<rodrigorivascosta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I know, this should go to the bugtracker, but I couldn't find the
> `arch-install-scripts` anywhere... so I'm bringing it here.
>
> I've just installed a new Arch in a VM using the new & improved
> `archlinux-2012.09.07-dual.iso`. It went quite well and painless but I
> noticed a weird error in the boot screen:
>
> [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/uuidd.conf:1] Unknown user 'uuidd'
>
> Right! There is no user 'uuidd' anywhere. The solution is actually easy:
>
> # pacman -S util-linux
>
> That reinstalls the package and recreates the user. So, if the `util-linux`
> package is correct, I reckon that is a bug in the `arch-install-scripts`,
> isn't it?
>
> Regards
> --
> Rodrigo

You should have searched the bugtracker (both open and closed tasks)
for 'uuidd'. This would lead you to
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31666 ->
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31663