Package: passwd Severity: grave Justification: breaks installation (As per discussion on #debian-women)
From: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-shadow/trunk/debian/passwd.config?op=file&rev=0&sc=0: 8) [...] # Compare the two passwords, loop with message if not # identical, or if empty. db_get passwd/user-password USER_PW="$RET" db_get passwd/user-password-again if [ "$COMPARE_PW" ] && [ "$USER_PW" != "$RET" ]; then db_set passwd/user-password "" db_set passwd/user-password-again "" db_fset passwd/password-mismatch seen false db_input critical passwd/password-mismatch db_fset passwd/user-password seen false db_fset passwd/user-password-again seen false STATE=8 continue fi if [ -z "$USER_PW" ]; then db_set passwd/user-password "" db_set passwd/user-password-again "" db_fset passwd/password-empty seen false db_input critical passwd/password-empty db_fset passwd/user-password seen false db_fset passwd/user-password-again seen false STATE=8 continue fi Apart from the db_input about mismatched passwords (or empty passwords), this will cause a loop as the user is never allowed to correct his mistake. It's a trivial fix, just change STATE=8 to STATE=7 (or earlier) and it goes on it's merry way and the user is prompted again. -- Tollef Fog Heen ,''`. UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
