Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf'

[Vincent Untz]

While installing hplip (in dapper):

Creating/updating hplip user account...
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':29.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':30.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':31.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':32.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':36.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':37.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':38.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':39.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':49.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':57.
adduser: Couldn't parse `/etc/adduser.conf':64.

[Vincent Untz (vuntz)]

Created an attachment (id=4973)
adduser.conf

FWIW, I never touched this file. So I suppose it's the default one.

[Markus Jonskog (omljud)]

Got the same error while updating hal.

It's an error in /usr/share/perl5/Debian/AdduserCommon.pm .
The character _ is at the moment not valid in option names in adduser.conf.

In the subroutine read_config, change

if ((($var, $val) = /^\s*([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\s*=\s*(.*)/) != 2) {

to

if ((($var, $val) = /^\s*([_a-zA-Z0-9]+)\s*=\s*(.*)/) != 2) {

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Debian bug about this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=339670

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Debian has fixed it

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

...and I've requested a sync

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

fixed

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

*** Bug 26050 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***