Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: James Harlow <james@××××××××××××××.nu>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] EID database and entries getting to baselayout
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:02:44
Message-Id: 1075398101.22818.148.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] EID database and entries getting to baselayout by James Harlow
1 On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 11:06, James Harlow wrote:
2 > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:52:20AM -0500, splite-gentoo@××××××××××××××××.edu wrote:
3 > > For sites using NIS or LDAP to manage accounts, having ebuilds mucking
4 > > with the local password and group files is a pain that has to be undone
5 > > after each emerge. Or they have to maintain copies of ebuilds in overlay
6 > > directories with the enew{user,group} calls commented out.
7 >
8 > This is why the functionality is (should be) in an eclass - then all you
9 > need to do is to adapt the eclass for your particular setup.
10
11 It is in an eclass. It is in eutils.eclass.
12 --
13 Chris Gianelloni
14 Developer, Gentoo Linux
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