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On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 18:14 +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: |
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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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> > |
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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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> > |
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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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> > |
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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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> > |
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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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> |
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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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If you read the commit message you'd realize I said that it's not |
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a replacement. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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