I actually had to add both lines...things that make you go hmmmm. Anyway, all is good.
Interesting though. On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 03:32:36PM -0500, Lloyd H. Meinholz wrote: > I got the same thing this morning. I'm not sure what went wrong, but portage was >gone from /etc/passwd (but was still in /etc/group). I manually added line 1 like the >directions said and everything seems ok since then. > > Not sure what the deal is and I'm surprised more people haven't complained, so I >don't know if this is for particular configurations or if everyone is hesitant to >upgrade portage after the mess a couple of weeks back... > > Anyway, just fix /etc/passwd manually, that should fix it... > > Lloyd > > > > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:27:10 -0500 > "Bobby R. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Got this interesting message after emerging the new portage. > > > > portage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout > > and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd > > and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then. > > For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. > > portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false > > portage::250:portage > > > > Why would this feature be added? Did I do something wrong? > > > > -- > > Bobby R. Cox > > ----------------- > > Wednesday Feb 19 2003 12:05:01 PST > > ----------------- > > 12:05:01 up 2 days, 17:25, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 > > ----------------- > > Administration: An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to > > receive > > the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. > > -- Ambrose Bierce > > > -- Bobby R. Cox ----------------- Wednesday Feb 19 2003 12:05:01 PST ----------------- 12:05:01 up 2 days, 17:25, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 ----------------- Administration: An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. -- Ambrose Bierce
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