From a4b3d53141c934ab847f07c4fd6d5b4082d92690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 22:23:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Stop deleting system user on remove/purge

This is widely considered bad practice, as the kernel recycles
UIDs/GIDs. So any potential leftover file/directory can then
become owned by the next user/group that gets added, with
unpredictable consequences.
---
 debian/freedombox.postrm | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/freedombox.postrm b/debian/freedombox.postrm
index 244f5736e..6e535c19e 100755
--- a/debian/freedombox.postrm
+++ b/debian/freedombox.postrm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 case "$1" in
 purge)
-    deluser --system --quiet plinth || true
     rm -rf /var/lib/plinth
 
     # Remove legacy directory too