On Fri, 2021-07-23 at 00:20 +0200, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > This update drops the function 'postgres_new_user', which was used to > create the 'postgres' user and group. > > ... > > Since many other packages depend on the 'postgres' and 'postgres-multi' > eclass, adding the core acct-*/postgres packages here to [R]DEPEND.
Not all packages using the eclass necessarily need the "postgres" user/group to build/run. You should only add (R)DEPEND in the packages that actually call postgres_new_user, I think? > > Before merging this eclass patch, acct-* packages will be added to > the tree. Before doing this, please double-check that SHELL=/bin/bash and HOME=/var/lib/postgres are needed. It's likely that the default HOME can be used, and that dev-db/postgresql (which actually *uses* /var/lib/postgres) should control its permissions. You should also get an ACK from titanofold, since he's been maintaining postgresql essentially by himself forever (and may have some insight into the SHELL/HOME items).
