Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:06:19 +0000 From: "Florent Thoumie" <flz@xbsd.org> To: "Hiroki Sato" <hrs@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: $USE_[GU]ID for consistent [GU]ID handling Message-ID: <a01628140812090806vb4395efo5157bad92eae19e4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081208.033250.137441016.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <20081208.033250.137441016.hrs@allbsd.org>
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On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like your comments about the attached patch. This is for
> adding USE_UID and USE_GID which allow uid/gid addition on
> installation and the removal on deinstallation. It uses
> ${PORTSDIR}/[GU]IDs for the detail information and can eliminate
> complex shell scripts from individual ports.
>
> For example, if you define
>
> USE_UID= foo
>
> in Makefile, the uid "foo" is added before pre-su-install, and
> removed on deinstallation by using pw(8). If the uid already exists,
> no error occurred. The multiple uids are also allowed.
>
> The attached patch includes an example of rewrite of an existing
> ports (japanese/sj3-server). After investigating ~300 ports in the
> ports tree which add uid/gid I think the attached implementation can
> cover most of the use case, but there may be something I missed.
> Comments are welcome.
Hi Hiroki-san,
There's an open PR with patches for this feature (ports/108514). Could
you have a look and maybe send your comments?
--
Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer
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