Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/2] acct-user.eclass: Support ACCT_USER_ID override

[Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>]

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Hi,

On 2021-01-06 20:05, Patrick McLean wrote:
> This is so ACCT_USER_$foo can be set in make.conf, and not have to
> be specified as an environment variable whenever portage is run. This
> helps when automated systems are building Gentoo images or systems.

Please see my reply to  Alec for more details.

An additional argument I would like to add based on your reply:

We already have package.env mechanism to override stuff. ACCT_USER_$foo 
would introduce an additional way. I wouldn't create an additional way 
for consistency.

But don't get me wrong here. I am just asking and I am always for KISS. 
ACCT_USER_$foo support would create some additional headaches which we 
could avoid from my POV. But I am probably not going to use the override 
feature like I prefer doing stuff like that in configuration management 
tool which would create these users for me exactly the way I want it. 
And it doesn't matter if I apply the role to a Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu or 
RHEL box... ;)

So I am not blocking ACCT_USER_$foo if anyone really believe it would 
help them.


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