Adduser devel - Aug 2006 - Bug#385433: deluser: --backupt-to requires = for value now

Package: adduser
Version: 3.97
Severity: important

        Hi!

 I''m not completely sure from which version on of adduser or rather
perl-base this is true, but the long option --backup-to requires now an
= between itself and its value, like --backup-to=/srv/backup/homes/
instead of formerly --backup-to /srv/backup/homes/.

 Please update the documentation appropriately because it still speaks
of --backup-to <DIR> in the usage (the script itself) and the manpage.

 Thanks in advance,
Alfie

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.3        Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                      1:4.0.18.1-1 change and administer password and
ii  perl-base                   5.8.8-6.1    The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
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tags 385433 + patch
thanks

* Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@debian.org> [2006-08-31
04:12]:
>  Please update the documentation appropriately because it still speaks
> of --backup-to <DIR> in the usage (the script itself) and the
manpage.
 Pretty please don''t fix the documentation but rather the code with the
following patch, it''s a simple one-line fix. :)

#v+
--- deluser.orig        2006-08-15 14:36:18.000000000 -0500
+++ deluser     2006-08-31 04:38:48.000000000 -0500
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
            "remove-home" => \$pconfig{"remove_home"},
            "remove-all-files" =>
\$pconfig{"remove_all_files"},
            "backup" => \$pconfig{"backup"},
-           "backup-to" => \$pconfig{"backup_to"}
+           "backup-to=s" => \$pconfig{"backup_to"}
        ) ) {
     &usage;
     exit 1;
#v-

 Thanks in advance for helping to not break existing scripts due to this
small change. :)

 So long,
Alfie
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 04:45:30AM -0500, Gerfried Fuchs
wrote:
> * Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@debian.org> [2006-08-31 04:12]:
> >  Please update the documentation appropriately because it still speaks
> > of --backup-to <DIR> in the usage (the script itself) and the
manpage.
> 
>  Pretty please don''t fix the documentation but rather the code
with the
> following patch, it''s a simple one-line fix. :)
Committed to svn. I''ll commit after the weekend when the smoke around
3.97 in testing has settled.

Greetings
Marc

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