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Fix an invalid command in the "adduser -h" output (DBTS: #573155)

deadjoe requested to merge deadjoe/adduser:DBTS-573155-usage-gid into master

DBTS #573155

I never liked the overlap in functionality of the various commands provided by the adduser package. I think adduser should only add users and addgroup should only add groups. The idea of adduser --group foo creating a group named foo seems to be poor style. This is probably just leftover functionality from the early days of the command when it was being developed.

Anyway, I went with the simple path here of fixing the invalid command in adduser -h. The command it shows now is valid, but I hope that its usage will be discouraged and, one day, removed entirely.

Let me know what you think!

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