Adduser devel - Feb 2006 - Bug#352502: adduser: deluser broken with latest upload of perl to unstable

tags #352502 pending confirmed
severity #352502 serious
merge #352502 #352496
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 07:51:42AM -0500, Edward J. Shornock
wrote:
> After upgrading to perl-base 5.8.8-2, deluser stopped working.
There is a (one-character) fix for deluser in #352496.

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Marc

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Bug#352496: deluser (3.82): unable to delete any user
Bug#352502: adduser: deluser broken with latest upload of perl to unstable
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Package: adduser
Version: 3.82
Severity: normal

After upgrading to perl-base 5.8.8-2, deluser stopped working.  Output
is as follows:

darkside:~# adduser testing --ingroup users --disabled-login --gecos
""
Adding user `testing''...
Adding new user `testing'' (1001) with group `users''.
Creating home directory `/home/testing''.
Copying files from `/etc/skel''
darkside:~# adduser testing cdrom
Adding user `testing'' to group `cdrom''...
Done.
darkside:~# deluser testing cdrom
Undefined argument in option spec
darkside:~# deluser testing
Undefined argument in option spec

Downgrading the perl packages to the version in Etch fixes the problem.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (650, ''unstable''), (640,
''experimental''), (500, ''testing''), (500,
''stable'')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-ck3-1-p4
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.4.70     Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                        1:4.0.14-6 change and administer password and
ii  perl-base                     5.8.8-2    The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

adduser recommends no packages.

-- debconf information excluded