#1149211 sudo: Error in German translation in error message for parameter -C, confused for -D

Package:
sudo
Source:
sudo
Description:
Provide limited super user privileges to specific users
Submitter:
The admin user of Sebastian Wagner
Date:
2026-09-28 14:57:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1149211#5
Date:
2026-09-28 10:30:09 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?

Locale is set to de_DE.UTF-8

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

sudo -u user -D /srv/... npm install

   * What was the outcome of this action?

sudo: Sie dürfen die Option -C nicht mit dem Kommando »/usr/bin/npm« verwenden

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

   sudo: Sie dürfen die Option -D nicht mit dem Kommando »/usr/bin/npm« verwenden