Bug#402093: mldonkey-server: Option "users2" in users.ini triggers an fatal error

[Guillaume Boddaert <guibod@free.Fr>]

Package: mldonkey-server
Version: 2.8.2-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

I upgraded mldonkey-server package today. Package is broken because of 
the newly included "users2" option in "users.ini". This option is 
explicitly announced in changelog but seems not to be a valid option for 
the mlnet release.

Since /etc/init.d/mldonkey-server dies silently as usual (may need a bug 
report) I am forced to call the mlnet server directly from command 
line:

>MupoServer:/var/lib/mldonkey# sudo -u mldonkey /usr/bin/mlnet
>2006/12/08 00:42:21 [cO] Starting MLDonkey 2.8.2 ...
>2006/12/08 00:42:21 [cO] Language EN, locale ANSI_X3.4-1968, ulimit for 
open files 1024
>2006/12/08 00:42:21 [cO] MLDonkey is working in .
>2006/12/08 00:42:21 [Gettext] Loading language resource 
mlnet_strings.EN_ANSI_X3.4-1968
>2006/12/08 00:42:21 [cO] loaded language resource file
>2006/12/08 00:42:21 [DNS] Resolving [MupoServer] ...
>2006/12/08 00:42:22 [DNS] Resolving [www.mldonkey.org] ...
>Exception: Failure("Options: not a valid user") while handling 
option:users2
>  in users.ini
>Aborting

THis is the content of users.ini file (snipping password md5 hash) :

>users2 = [
>[
>admin;
>"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"]]

I did install mlnet as after a purge of previously installed 
mldonkey-server files. Removing "users2" by replacing it by the correct 
mlnet option "users" resolve the problem. I did a quick search session 
but I found nothing about "users2" option.

Guillaume

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages mldonkey-server depends on:
ii  adduser                3.63              Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.4.30.13         Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                   1.13.24           package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libbz2-1.0             1.0.2-7           high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-8       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.1.1-20        GCC support library
ii  libgd2-xpm             2.0.33-5.2        GD Graphics Library version 2
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.13-4          PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++6             4.1.1-20          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  mime-support           3.28-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  ucf                    1.17              Update Configuration File: preserv
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
* mldonkey-server/max_hard_download_rate: 0
* mldonkey-server/launch_at_startup: true
  mldonkey-server/max_alive: 48
  mldonkey-server/run_as_user: mldonkey
  mldonkey-server/reown_file: false
  mldonkey-server/mldonkey_group: mldonkey
  mldonkey-server/mldonkey_niceness: 0
  mldonkey-server/false_password:
  mldonkey-server/fasttrack_problem:
* mldonkey-server/mldonkey_dir: /var/lib/mldonkey
  mldonkey-server/mldonkey_move: false
* mldonkey-server/max_hard_upload_rate: 0