* debian/apt.postinst:

  - do not fail if getent returns nothing useful (LP: #579647)
    thanks to Jean-Baptiste Lallement

debian/apt.postinst

@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@ set -e
 # set the proxy based on the admin users gconf settings 
 # 
 set_apt_proxy_from_gconf() {
-    admin_user=$(getent group admin|cut -d: -f4|cut -d, -f1)
+    # try SUDO_USER first
+    if [ -n "$SUDO_USER" ]; then
+        admin_user="$SUDO_USER"
+    else
+        admin_user=$(getent group admin|cut -d: -f4|cut -d, -f1)
+    fi
+    # test if the user actually exists, getent returns "+" for e.g.
+    # LDAP
+    if ! id -u "$admin_user" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+	return
+    fi
+    # get the settings from gconf
     if [ -n "$admin_user" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ] && [ -z "$http_proxy" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/gconftool ]; then
 	use=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy 2>/dev/null)
 	host=$(sudo -u "$admin_user" gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/host 2>/dev/null)
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	#      that sudo no longer honors http_proxy
 	# this can be removed after lucid is released
 	if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "0.7.25.3ubuntu2"; then
-	    set_apt_proxy_from_gconf
+	    set_apt_proxy_from_gconf || true
 	fi
     ;;
 

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu9) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/apt.postinst:
+    - do not fail if getent returns nothing useful (LP: #579647)
+      thanks to Jean-Baptiste Lallement
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 14 May 2010 09:40:50 +0200
+
 apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu8) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
 
   [ Loïc Minier ]