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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Requirements for UID/GID management
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:04:30
Message-Id: 22669.48621.24354.62011@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Requirements for UID/GID management by Michael Orlitzky
1 >>>>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2017, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
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3 > [...] sys-user/echo [...]
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5 [Replying to a random message in this thread, as I have some backlog.]
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7 Users and groups aren't packages, so IMHO packages and *DEPEND
8 variables shouldn't be abused for things like that. This has been
9 discussed in bug 53269 previously.
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11 IMHO the way to go is to add proper variables in the next EAPI, like
12 the EUSERS and EGROUPS proposed (and approved) in GLEP 27.
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14 Ulrich

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Requirements for UID/GID management "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Requirements for UID/GID management Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>