On 7/14/12 12:18 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote:
> On 7/13/2012 4:11 PM, David R. Morrison wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 13, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser
>> <f...@snaggledworks.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Currently, if a new passwd-package is created, passwd-core gets a new
>>> version and so all the other passwd-* packages need to be rebuilt and
>>> reinstalled (which includes running dscl again for each one).
>>>
>>> I propose taking the passwd-* packages and moving them off from the
>>> SplitOffs and to separate .info files. This way, when a new passwd-*
>>> package is created, passwd-core is updated to hold the new user:group
>>> info in /sw/etc/{group,passwd}-fink and the new passwd-foo package just
>>> needs to Dep on the new passwd-core version. The other passwd-*
>>> packages are untouched and don't need to be reinstalled because of a
>>> version bump.
>>>
>>> Benefits: existing passwd-* packages are not unnecessarily bumped when
>>> passwd-core is changed. dscl no longer called X times for a single new
>>> package.
>>>
>>> Drawbacks: each passwd-* pkg gets its own info file, and so any passwd
>>> wide changes needs to make sure all the passwd packages get it if needed
>>> (say a new removal procedure) and no file is accidentally missed.
>>>
>>> Hanspeter
>>>
>> Sounds like a good idea to me.
>>
>> -- Dave
>
> This is a first draft on how the new individualized packages will look like:
>
> Package: passwd-dovecot
> Version: 20100305
> Revision: 6
> Description: User and group entries for the Dovecot IMAP server daemon
> License: Public Domain
> Maintainer: Fink Core Group <fink-c...@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Depends: passwd-core (>= 20120713-1)
> Source: none
> CompileScript: true
> InstallScript: <<
> mkdir -p %i/share/doc/%n
> cp %p/share/doc/passwd-core/README %i/share/doc/%n
> <<
> PostInstScript: <<
> %p/sbin/update-passwd postinst %n
> <<
>
> The new version for Depends: passwd-core is for a local revision that
> will carry a README (current-in-Fink doesn't) and that passwd-* packages
> will copy into their deb.
>
> I've also been toying about with having PostInstScript having some sort
> of sanity check before running update-passwd, perhaps a 'does this user
> already exist?' check, but haven't really gotten anywhere.
>
> Hanspeter
>
I can probably come up with something like what's in Fink::Configure to
go in update-passwd.
--
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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