Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
Cc: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>, gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: allow -1 for ACCT_USER_ID and ACCT_GROUP_ID in ::gentoo
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:49:42
Message-Id: m37dcqeacn.fsf@carbon.jhcloos.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: allow -1 for ACCT_USER_ID and ACCT_GROUP_ID in ::gentoo by Ulrich Mueller
1 >>>>> "UM" == Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> writes:
2
3 UM> Also, why would one allocate UIDs in the 500..999 range (1000 is fine,
4 UM> actually)? Gentoo always had UID_MIN=1000 and SYS_UID_MAX=999.
5
6 why do you thing gentoo is everyone's first or only dist on their
7 network?
8
9 or even on any given box?
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11 forcing existing boxen to change just because a new dist is added
12 is also unacceptable.
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14 for me though, it would be enough if there is something i can add to
15 make.conf to ensure that the acct-user and acct-group builds avoid the
16 ranges i already use.
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18 that may also work for others.
19
20 -JimC
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