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From: John Helmert III <ajak@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: user.eclass
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:15:37
Message-Id: Y1BM0hjfDFCsb0PI@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: user.eclass by Martin Vaeth
1 On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 07:08:44PM -0000, Martin Vaeth wrote:
2 > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
3 > > user.eclass has been deprecated for two years. In the gentoo repo, it
4 > > is currently only used by acct-group.eclass and acct-user.eclass
5 >
6 > It is needed for ebuilds in non-gentoo repositories which cannot
7 > reserve a fixed number for users and groups.
8
9 Can't you import it into any overlay that needs it? Why not use
10 acct-{user,group} anyway?

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