On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 15:50 -0800, Patrick McLean wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:16:49 +0100 > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 14:58 -0800, Patrick McLean wrote: > > > On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:08:02 +0100 > > > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Introduce a few variables to allow easy overrides of common user account > > > > proprerties, that is: > > > > > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_SHELL > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_OWNER > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_PERMS > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS_ADD > > > > > > Please also add a way to override the UID/GID for the user/group. > > > > Damn it, and I thought I'd avoid that ;-). But do we really need it? > > The eclass doesn't enforce UID/GID by default if the user exists > > already, so it's a bit tangential to the original problem. > > > > The user needs to already exist for that to be helpful. When one using > automation to build/deploy large numbers of Gentoo systems, it's quite > useful to have control over that sort of things. At the moment, the > only way is to fork the ebuilds, which of course means they need to be > kept in sync.
Ok, I'll keep that mind. However, I suppose you won't mind me addressing that separately? Unlike the patch sent, ID-related logic needs to be done twice (due to pkg_pretend). Ideally, could you report a feature request on Bugzilla? -- Best regards, Michał Górny
