On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 07:37:46PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > dh-sysuser encapsulates maintainer script code into a single command, > although imperative rather than declarative. It uses useradd directly, > so it might be NIHing adduser(8).
Augh! Seeing this saddens me deply. The history is that, one and a half decades ago, I came to the debhelper maintainer asking for a possibility to easily create system users from maintainer scripts without having to write actual code aside from a single call or a configuration file. I got a stern reply back that this is not debhelper's domain to solve. I went around spent a lot of time on adduser to reduce the code needed in maintainer scripts by handling a lot of Debianisms in adduser proper. And now, I not only see my original request implemented, negating the work I did on adduser, I also see debhelper NIHing my work, negiating it a second time. Day spoiled. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421