Robin H.Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Slocate used to add it's own userid to your system. Since then, that was > integrated into the initial /etc/passwd included in baselayout, and the > UID# was changed in the process to avoid a conflict with something else.
Aha! Thanks for the explanation. It seems to me that the baselayout ebuild ought to print out a really big warning about it and maybe suggest what to do. Ideally, etc-update should be able to deal with it automatically. This could be achieved by leaving _fix*_ files in addition to _cfg*_ files. The _fix*_ files would be scripts similar in intent to pkg_postinst but to be run and deleted after configuration files have been updated. Would such an idea be useful beyond the present case, or am I swatting a fly with a baseball bat? Cheers, -- Dr. Denys Duchier Équipe Calligramme LORIA, Nancy, FRANCE -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
