commit: 19a7ba32b83fc16f51f907358a978fe6ace4bedb Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Fri Dec 20 16:47:23 2019 +0000 Commit: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Dec 26 22:01:53 2019 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=19a7ba32
ebuild-writing/users-and-groups: Update policy Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/devmanual/pull/125 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> gentoo.org> ebuild-writing/users-and-groups/text.xml | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/users-and-groups/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/users-and-groups/text.xml index 26d23ab..1bb87b3 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/users-and-groups/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/users-and-groups/text.xml @@ -6,21 +6,26 @@ <body> <p> Creating users and groups is governed by <uri -link="https://gentoo.org/glep/glep-0081.html";>GLEP 81</uri>. It is implemented -via <c>acct-user</c> and <c>acct-group</c> eclasses. +link="https://gentoo.org/glep/glep-0081.html";>GLEP 81</uri>. It is implemented +via <c>acct-user</c> and <c>acct-group</c> eclasses. New users and groups +are created as packages respectively in <c>acct-user</c> and <c>acct-group</c> +categories. </p> <p> -New users and groups are created as packages respectively in <c>acct-user</c> -and <c>acct-group</c> categories. First, choose UIDs/GIDs that are not used by -any other package. You should consult the <uri -link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/UID_GID_Assignment";> -UID/GID assignment list</uri> maintained by the QA project, and possibly the -UID/GID registries maintained by other distributions that are linked on the -same page. Afterwards, send the proposed ebuilds to the <c>gentoo-dev</c> -mailing list for review. The naming conventions for user and group ebuilds are -explained in the following sections. Finally, after getting positive reviews, -commit the new user and group packages. +First, check the <uri link="https://api.gentoo.org/uid-gid.txt";>UID/GID +assignment list</uri> and choose a free UID/GID in range 101..499. If you are +adding a matching user and group, use the same number for both. When in doubt, +take the next free number from 499 downwards. +</p> + +<p> +The aforementioned list can be found in the +<uri link="https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/api.git";>data/api.git</uri> repository +on <c>git.gentoo.org</c>. Add your new user(s) and group(s) +to the <c>uid-gid.txt</c> file and push them before adding the actual packages. +This counts as reserving the identifiers and will prevent collisions. +Afterwards, you can push the new ebuilds. </p> <p>
