Bug#279215: "new" parameter is not checked, french documentation is wrong

[Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>]

Package: base-config
Version: 2.50
Severity: minor

    Hi,

 The french man page for base-config states you can call "base-config
 [nouveau]", but the only supported spelling is "new", this is not
 translated to "nouveau" in the source:

    # Get the parameter past the script invocation.
    if [ -z "$NEW" ] && [ "$1" = new ]; then
            NEW=$1
    fi

 Additional problem: you can pass whatever you want as a parameter to
 base-config, no error will be reported, even if the parameter has no
 meaning.  I think this is wrong too.

   Regards,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.59             Add and remove users and groups
ii  apt                     0.5.27           Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  bsdutils                1:2.12h-2        Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  console-data            2002.12.04dbs-46 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii  console-tools           1:0.2.3dbs-55    Linux console and font utilities
ii  debconf                 1.4.39           Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils             2.10.3           Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  gettext-base            0.14.1-6         GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-30.2     Change and administer password and

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Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>