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On 2021-01-04 18:08, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Introduce a few variables to allow easy overrides of common user account |
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> proprerties, that is: |
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> - ACCT_USER_<username>_SHELL |
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> - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME |
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> - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_OWNER |
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> - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_PERMS |
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> - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS |
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> - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS_ADD |
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> The first five variables override the respective ACCT_USER_* variables, |
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> with ACCT_USER_*_GROUPS being a space-separated list. The *_GROUPS_ADD |
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> variable appends to groups present in the ebuild, as this seems a common |
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> necessity. |
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> We do realize that the original requirement of overriding ebuilds |
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> in a local repository was inconvenient. This new logic should permit |
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> easy updates via make.conf. Additionally, it has the advantage |
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> of clearly reporting the changes made in the build logs. |
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> This does not preclude other solutions to the problem. However, this |
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> is probably the best one and it should become the current |
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> recommendation. |
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This will improve the overlay situation and can be seen as overall |
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improvement but it doesn't address any shared concerns nor is it a |
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replacement for the proposed 'acct-user.eclass: don't modify existing |
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user by default' patch. |
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Regards, |
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Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer |
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