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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:46:58 +0100 |
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"Hanno Böck" <hanno@g.o> wrote: |
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> What is the correct way to handle this? I'd suggest that enewuser might get |
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> some "force"-parameter that tells it to delete and recreate the user if it |
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> already exists. Thoughts? |
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Tell the user to do it manually in pkg_setup/postinst. This is |
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something that IMO shouldn't be done by the ebuild/package manager for |
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two reasons: |
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- extreme cornercase, or how often does this come up? |
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- the system might rely on the current settings in unexpected ways |
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Marius |
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