This one time, at band camp, Thorsten Gunkel said:
> I just tried to add a test user in a fresh sid debootstrap and had a typo in
> the re-typed password:
>
> | Enter new UNIX password:
> | Retype new UNIX password:
> | Sorry, passwords do not match
> | passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered
> | passwd: password unchanged
> | Undefined subroutine &main::NOEXPR called at /usr/sbin/adduser line 509, <FIND> line 4.
> `----
>
> I would also prefer it if adduser would ask me again. Additionally please
> notice the last line in the output about the missing subroutine.
I think I've got the problem fixed. I have applied the patch below in
svn - can you test to make sure it fixes it for you?
--- adduser (revision 675)
+++ adduser (working copy)
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@
import I18N::Langinfo qw(langinfo YESEXPR NOEXPR);
};
if ($@) {
- *langinfo = sub { "^[yY]" };
- *YESEXPR = sub { 1 };
+ *langinfo = sub { return shift; };
+ *YESEXPR = sub { "^[yY]" };
+ *NOEXPR = sub { "^[nN]" };
}
}
Thanks,
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