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From: Drake Wyrm <wyrm@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-auth/munge: metadata.xml ChangeLog munge-0.5.9.ebuild
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:27:07
Message-Id: 20101120212634.GA4970@frankenstaen
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-auth/munge: metadata.xml ChangeLog munge-0.5.9.ebuild by Donnie Berkholz
1 Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote:
2 > Does this user/group need to be present on the build system for some
3 > reason?
4
5 Dunno about that package in particular, but for many packages, the build
6 process involves assigning ownership of certain files and folders to
7 particular users and groups. For that, you'd need those users and groups
8 to be present.
9
10 --
11 "Such things have often happened and still happen,
12 and how can these be signs of the end of the world?"
13 -- Julian, Emperor of Rome 361-363 A.D.