[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#260149: marked as forwarded (usermod: Support gnu --long options like in useradd, groupadd)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #260149,
regarding usermod: Support gnu --long options like in useradd, groupadd
to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software
author(s) Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczek@zie.pg.gda.pl>.

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From: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
To: Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?K=C5=82oczko?= <kloczek@zie.pg.gda.pl>
Cc: 260149-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: usermod should support long options
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tags 260149 upstream
thanks

Tomasz, I think this should be fixed upstream.....

Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.3-29
Severity: normal

For clarity, usermod command should provide GNU --long style options
that would clarify the commands when used from scripts (when you
look af the code after 2 months...). The current manual page only
offers shot options:

       usermod [-c comment] [-d home_dir [-m]]
               [-e expire_date] [-f inactive_time]
               [-g initial_group] [-G group [,...]]
               [-l login_name] [-p passwd]
               [-s shell] [-u uid [-o]] [-L|-U] login

This would be in par with other similar commands like adduser and groupadd

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