Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/4] acct-group.eclass: Fix for when building in a rooted prefix (EROOT)

[Fabian Groffen]

On 07-12-2022 11:52:58 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 4:24 AM James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o> wrote:
> > The new eclasses also skip the operation if you are root. As that bug report
> > says, running a prefixed system as root is probably unsupported. I was doing
> > this as root into a ROOTed prefix though, which is slightly different. Should
> > we also skip the operation if EPREFIX non-empty? I'll think about it.
>
> I would be in favor of skipping adding users/groups if EPREFIX is
> non-empty, at least as a temporary solution.
>
> If someone presents a use case where adding users to
> ${EROOT}/etc/passwd makes sense, we can revisit it then.

Would have to look if RAP uses this.
@heroxbd do you know if that is used?

Thanks,
Fabian

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Fabian Groffen
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