Jyri Virkki wrote: > Darren J Moffat wrote: >> >> All system uid and gid that are used in packages included in the >> distribution are allocated out of the reserved space (0-99), there is >> lots of prior precedence for this. > [...] >>> During the package creation, there is file in which we mention whether >>> it is root package or usr package. If it is user package, in that case >>> we cannot copy files to directories directly under / other than /usr. >> Not after SXCE is stopped being built you don't because IPS does not >> make that distinction. > > IPS also makes the hardcoded uid limitation go away, as packages will > now be able to create their own.
It doesn't really make it go away, what it changes is that projects no longer need to integrate into the ON gate to update the master passwd file and the i.passwd/i.group class actions scripts The number of reserved UIDs hasn't changed it is still 0-99. What IPS provides is a much easier means for packages to add a new uid/gid to the system in their package. Instead the ARC needs to keep the registry of resevered UIDs - which they ARC may choose to do by integrating into ON. -- Darren J Moffat
