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On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:18:24 Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:38:10 +0000 Alec Warner wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:25:03 +0100 Paweł Hajdan, Jr. wrote: |
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> > >> "If enewuser or enewgroup is called from outside of pkg_setup, |
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> > >> fail" |
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> > > |
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> > > It is useful sometimes to call it in pkg_postinst(), if the |
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> > > user/group is needed at runtime and not during install-time. |
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> > |
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> > What difference is there if you run it during setup vs postinst? |
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> If the build fails or user aborts the merge, his/her system |
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> is not junked with an unnecessary account/group. |
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this is why we allow people to pick the appropriate step. ebuilds should be |
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using pkg_{pre,post}inst unless the user/group is needed at src_* time. |
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-mike |
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