Bug#408360: gnugk: must pre-depends on adduser, not just depends on it

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Package: gnugk
Version: 2:2.2.3-2-3
Severity: serious
Usertags: grid5000 piuparts rcness-questionable

Hi,

During a piuparts run over all the packages in etch, I ran into a
problem with your package:
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adduser: `/etc/adduser.conf' does not exist. Using defaults.
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Password:

Since adduser is in Depends, not Pre-depends, it is not configured yet at this
point. You should pre-depend on it, so it is configured at preinst time (or
move your adduser call to postinst, if that's possible).
-- 
| Lucas Nussbaum
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