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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Additions to /etc/{group,passwd,shadow}
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:58:52
Message-Id: 200307212158.50886.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Additions to /etc/{group,passwd,shadow} by Peter Johanson
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4 well if you look at the bug you'll see what is currently holding up the
5 process :)
6 comment #13 by myself
7 - -mike
8
9 On Monday 21 July 2003 21:09, Peter Johanson wrote:
10 > hey all,
11 >
12 > got working on an ebuild that required to have a new user and group
13 > added, and had to break down to asking in #gentoo-dev the process, and
14 > then having seemant say, i paraphrase, "yeah, something like that."
15 >
16 > Problem seems to be a lack of policy/documentation on the process
17 > involved. It seems quite a few entries in /etc/{group,passwd} are just
18 > coded into baselayout, but i could be wrong on this. Currently, the
19 > approach taken in most ebuilds is to add users/groups in the pkg_setup()
20 > phase of an ebuild.
21 >
22 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8634
23 >
24 > This bug contains a discussion of a new approach that seems to be the
25 > way we're going with this stuff. This involves the eid_database and
26 > enew{user,group} stuff discussed previously. seemant asked that i bring
27 > this stuff up so we can get the ball really rolling on getting things
28 > finally implemented and then establishing policy and documentation for
29 > this stuff.
30 >
31 > comments, concerns, ideas, etc?
32 >
33 > -pete "just-wanted-to-add-a-user-and-a-group-for-one-ebuild" johanson
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