[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
Francesco Riosa writes: > maybe ewarn() is more appropriate than einfo()? > Just in case it's executed outside the scope of prefix I can't remember any use case when portage (or, paludis, etc.) is executed as a normal user but not a from Prefix. This message will only affect Prefix users, who won't be surprised that they cannot create new groups or users. Therefore I think einfo is more appropriate. Furthermore, we do have Prefix that runs as a root, mostly usable on NAS or smartphones, when we do ultimately like portage to manage groups and users. Benda
[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
Francesco Riosa writes: > maybe ewarn() is more appropriate than einfo()? > Just in case it's executed outside the scope of prefix I can't remember any use case when portage (or, paludis, etc.) is executed as a normal user but not a from Prefix. This message will only affect Prefix users, who won't be surprised that they cannot create new groups or users. Therefore I think einfo is more appropriate. Furthermore, we do have Prefix that runs as root, mostly usable on NAS or smartphones, when we do ultimately like portage to manage groups and users. Benda
[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
On 21-11-2017 20:19:21 +0900, Benda Xu wrote: > Francesco Riosa writes: > > > maybe ewarn() is more appropriate than einfo()? > > Just in case it's executed outside the scope of prefix > > I can't remember any use case when portage (or, paludis, etc.) is > executed as a normal user but not a from Prefix. > > This message will only affect Prefix users, who won't be surprised that > they cannot create new groups or users. Therefore I think einfo is more > appropriate. > > > Furthermore, we do have Prefix that runs as a root, mostly usable on NAS > or smartphones, when we do ultimately like portage to manage groups and > users. I think we could definitely live with this until someone requests otherwise. Thanks, Fabian -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
On 2017-11-21 03:19 AM, Benda Xu wrote: > Francesco Riosa writes: > >> maybe ewarn() is more appropriate than einfo()? >> Just in case it's executed outside the scope of prefix > > I can't remember any use case when portage (or, paludis, etc.) is > executed as a normal user but not a from Prefix. > > This message will only affect Prefix users, who won't be surprised that > they cannot create new groups or users. Therefore I think einfo is more > appropriate. > > > Furthermore, we do have Prefix that runs as a root, mostly usable on NAS > or smartphones, when we do ultimately like portage to manage groups and > users. I use portage as non-root all the time when developing and testing ebuilds, via the "ebuild" command.
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
Hi Patrick, Patrick McLean writes: > I use portage as non-root all the time when developing and testing > ebuilds, via the "ebuild" command. The enewgroup and enewuser are used in pkg_* functions, as documented in user.eclass _assert_pkg_ebuild_phase() function. They require root to execute. So no worries, your workflow will not be affected. Yours, Benda
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
Fabian Groffen writes: > I think we could definitely live with this until someone requests > otherwise. Indeed. Committed, thanks a lot! Benda signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
On 2017-11-26 10:02, Benda Xu wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Patrick McLean writes: > > > I use portage as non-root all the time when developing and testing > > ebuilds, via the "ebuild" command. > > The enewgroup and enewuser are used in pkg_* functions, as documented in > user.eclass _assert_pkg_ebuild_phase() function. They require root to > execute. > > So no worries, your workflow will not be affected. Actually, it will probably be better. You should now be able to do compilation and tests without having the user/group created. For example, dev-db/postgresql doesn’t need the postgres system user and group in order to successfully run through src_test and src_install. It just needs the user/group at run time. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Aaron W. Swenson wrote: > On 2017-11-26 10:02, Benda Xu wrote: >> Hi Patrick, >> >> Patrick McLean writes: >> >> > I use portage as non-root all the time when developing and testing >> > ebuilds, via the "ebuild" command. >> >> The enewgroup and enewuser are used in pkg_* functions, as documented in >> user.eclass _assert_pkg_ebuild_phase() function. They require root to >> execute. >> >> So no worries, your workflow will not be affected. > > Actually, it will probably be better. > > You should now be able to do compilation and tests without having the > user/group created. For example, dev-db/postgresql doesn’t need the > postgres system user and group in order to successfully run through > src_test and src_install. It just needs the user/group at run time. Sounds like the enewuser call should be moved from pkg_setup to pkg_postinst in that case.
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC, PATCH] user.eclass: gracefully return when unprivileged
On 11/27/2017 10:16 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Aaron W. Swenson > wrote: >> >> You should now be able to do compilation and tests without having the >> user/group created. For example, dev-db/postgresql doesn’t need the >> postgres system user and group in order to successfully run through >> src_test and src_install. It just needs the user/group at run time. > > Sounds like the enewuser call should be moved from pkg_setup to > pkg_postinst in that case. > https://bugs.gentoo.org/525828