Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-12 Thread Nicolas François
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 04:12:50AM -0700, Ian Bruce wrote: > > As things are now, unless you already know where these deprecated > parameters are coming from, there is no indication of what the cause > of the problem is. There is an indication in the NEWS.Debian file distributed with the passwd p

Bug#372280: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-12 Thread Ian Bruce
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:41:00 +0200 Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for fixing the deprecated options, they're included in the version > > of login from the current stable archive. If the already existing > > version dependency in newer versions of passwd were updated to reflect

Bug#372280: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-12 Thread Christian Perrier
> That would be a lot easier if the error message actually referenced > /etc/login.defs . As it is now, there is absolutely no indication of Tomasz, do you think it could be OK for you to add a reference to /etc/login.defs in the warning message about deprecated options in that file ? > where t

Bug#372280: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-12 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Tomasz K�oczko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Dnia 12-06-2006, pon o godzinie 11:41 +0200, Christian Perrier > napisa�(a): > > Tomasz, do you think it could be OK for you to add a reference to > > /etc/login.defs in the warning message about deprecated options in > > that file ? > > Uncondition

Bug#372280: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-12 Thread Ian Bruce
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:30:48 +0200 Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And each time such "bug" has been reported to login/passwd, it has > been immediately closed as "feature not bug". > > This message is a warning about deprecated options in /etc/login.defs > and is perfectly intended

Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Ian Bruce said: > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:57:57 +0100 > Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This one time, at band camp, Ian Bruce said: > > > "adduser" produces a lot of error messages about unrecognized > > > parameters, which may or may not be harmless. This

Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:00:13PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > I suggest opening that bug on passwd, then. This bug is already reassigned to the appropriate package. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | "I don't tr

Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-09 Thread Ian Bruce
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:57:57 +0100 Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Ian Bruce said: > > "adduser" produces a lot of error messages about unrecognized > > parameters, which may or may not be harmless. This may indicate a > > conflict with some version of another

Bug#372280: [Adduser-devel] Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Ian Bruce said: > "adduser" produces a lot of error messages about unrecognized > parameters, which may or may not be harmless. This may indicate a > conflict with some version of another package, but it's not clear to me > which one. You have these directives set in /

Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-09 Thread Marc Haber
reassign #372280 shadow thanks On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:03:56AM -0700, Ian Bruce wrote: > "adduser" produces a lot of error messages about unrecognized > parameters, which may or may not be harmless. This may indicate a > conflict with some version of another package, but it's not clear to me >

Bug#372280: adduser fails: "configuration error - unknown item"

2006-06-09 Thread Ian Bruce
Package: adduser Version: 3.87 "adduser" produces a lot of error messages about unrecognized parameters, which may or may not be harmless. This may indicate a conflict with some version of another package, but it's not clear to me which one. related packages: passwd : v1:4.0.15-10 debconf : v1.5