Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] dynamic groups and users
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:24:59
Message-Id: 43c62941-9dab-14a0-ea78-20ef7984c921@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] dynamic groups and users by "Michał Górny"
1 On 8/2/19 11:58 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
2 >
3 > Given that overlays won't do proper assignment, the numbers they choose
4 > may collide with numbers used in ::gentoo. Forcing explicit assignment
5 > from dynamic range is cleaner in that regard.
6 >
7
8 I think it would be cleanest to leave the hacks in the overlay, and set
9 the desired ID to either 999 or a random number like floppym suggested.
10 The meaning of RANDOM is even more clear than "-1", and doesn't require
11 us to add both the code that's dead-on-arrival and the CI check to
12 ensure that it stays that way. But you're the one who's maintaining it
13 now so I won't argue.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] dynamic groups and users "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] dynamic groups and users James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>