On Sun, 2021-12-19 at 12:08 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > I don't have anything to add but my support for the way that has been > unanimously lined out in this discussion. Jason, you have my "go" to do > those changes, and if it would be my choice it'd be --homeless ;-) > > Otoh, --nonexistent-home would be more serious, but there is no much > different to --home /nonexistent.
Most excellent! I am happy that everyone else seems to be content with the result of this discussion. It sounds like we have a plan! :) There are three improvements to make here: 1. Augment the documentation for "--no-create-home" to clarify intent. 2. Implement the "--homeless" option. (This is tentative!) 3. Add tests for these options! For #1: This is mainly to help less-experienced Debian admins such as myself who are only exposed to creating users in the standard way. For #2: A separate option is nice because it does not rely on a specific directory value (e.g., "/nonexistent") in a script, which is a detail. It will need to be mutually exclusive with the "--home" option, and it will need to imply the passing of "--no-create-home". Don't worry, I won't try to add something like this without automated tests! For #3: I am currently trying to get up to speed with how to use autopkgtest in adduser. I am reluctant to change anything other than docs until I have a corresponding test for what I want to change. Once I have a good workflow, I'll come back to this issue and make the changes. I suppose I can re-classify this as "minor" and "confirmed" for now. I would say "wishlist", but the main issue here is clarifying the docs, and the new option ultimately might not be added. I am still new to classifying bugs, so feel free to overwrite my changes if they seem improper! That will help me learn if I get it wrong. Thanks to Marc and everyone else for clarifying things! -- Jason Franklin
