From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB8F81382C5 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:10:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 01905E0A02; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8107E09F8 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:10:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kwTMo-0004er-7L for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:10:02 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: James Cloos Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: don't modify existing user by default Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:45:09 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20210104013558.20072-1-whissi@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:prdgeiU+bggQHWcFjYtPm8QKdzY= Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAgMAAABinRfyAAAACVBMVEX///8ZGXBQKKnCrDQ3 AAAAJElEQVQImWNgQAAXzwQg4SKASgAlXIEEiwsSIYBEcLaAtMEAADJnB+kKcKioAAAAAElFTkSu QmCC Copyright: Copyright 2020 James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6; url=https://jhcloos.com/public_key/0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 X-Archives-Salt: d8064d97-d637-413f-a8bf-6a45c6481631 X-Archives-Hash: c8c61a5728245be28be9c7bf053397f3 >>>>> "RHJ" == Robin H Johnson writes: RHJ> The best I can come up with at the moment, is that any packaging should RHJ> detect if there are user modifications, and provide control to users RHJ> based on that fact. Exactly. Akin to etc-update. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6