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

[Edward J. Shornock]

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.

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