Bug#1098508: adduser lacks dependency on libperl5.40 for Encode.pm

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

Hi perl Maintainers,

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 05:32:08PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> adduser 3.139 uses Encode.pm but doesn't depend on the package providing
> it (libperl5.40 is optional). It's likely the package is still installed
> on most standard installations but it won't be on minimal installs

I'm not the adduser maintainer, but asking anyway: would it be
possible for perl-base to include Encode.pm? Then adduser could use
it without pulling in a full perl on most systems...

Chris