mock 0.8.9 will not build anything

[Michael E Brown]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 09:53:48AM +0100, Frank Büttner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> when I try to build an package mock will fail with:
> ERROR: Command(/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 102 mockbuild) failed. See logs for 
> output.
> At the root.log:
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,860 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 20:  ENTER: 
> doChroot((<mock.backend.Root object at 0xb7dc8e8c>, '/usr/sbin/grou
> padd -g 102 mockbuild', ''), {})
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,861 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 20:  ENTER: 
> do(('/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 102 mockbuild', '/var/lib/mock/fedora-de
> velopment-i386/root', 0, True, 0, None, None, None, None), {})
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,862 - DEBUG util.py, Line: 212:  Run cmd: 
> /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 102 mockbuild
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,862 - DEBUG util.py, Line: 218:  Executing 
> timeout(0): /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 102 mockbuild
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,866 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 20:  ENTER: 
> condPersonality((None,), {})
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,869 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 30:  LEAVE 
> condPersonality --> None
> 
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,870 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 20:  ENTER: 
> condChroot(('/var/lib/mock/fedora-development-i386/root', None), {}
> )
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,871 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 30:  LEAVE 
> condChroot --> None
> 
> 2008-01-18 03:48:01,872 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 20:  ENTER: 
> condDropPrivs((None, None, None), {})
> 2008-01-18 03:48:01,873 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 30:  LEAVE 
> condDropPrivs --> None
> 
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,973 - DEBUG util.py, Line: 234:  groupadd: name 
> mockbuild is not unique
> 2008-01-18 09:48:01,977 - DEBUG trace_decorator.py, Line: 27: 
> EXCEPTION: Command(/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 102 mockbuild) failed. See logs f
> or output.
> 
> Any ideas, what goes wrong??

The latest version of mock is 0.8.19. Have you tried upgrading?
--
Michael