[Adduser-devel] Bug#470464: adduser: deluser should ask for confirmation

[debian at ginguppin.de]

Package: adduser
Version: 3.106
Severity: important

i just run into #469165 -- and it took me longer to realise what the
meaning of the message mentioned was than the timeout lasted. 
i got 
"Ok, you really want it, I'll delete that account
Looking for files to backup/remove ..."
at which point i hit ctrl+c and certainly hope no harm was done ...

so -- why would one be required to _cancel_ instead of _confirm_ such an
operation as it is done everwhere else where essential information is in danger?

bug #469165 only strengthens that point -- it would be far less
dangerous if one has to confirm the deletion ...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_DK.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.19     Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                        1:4.1.0-2  change and administer password and
ii  perl-base                     5.8.8-12   The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

adduser recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  adduser/homedir-permission: true