Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:17:07 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@experts-exchange.com> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issue with pkg_add Message-ID: <20101020101707.76a1719c@eggman> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimNSvW3GX71GiGoAJW7%2BtNVeqZFpjQD0Ko5OQc4@mail.gmail.com> References: <20101019174642.665f9ad3@eggman> <AANLkTimNSvW3GX71GiGoAJW7%2BtNVeqZFpjQD0Ko5OQc4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:13:32 +0100 Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Jason Helfman > <jhelfman@experts-exchange.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I believe I may have come across a potential bug in pkg_add, but > > wanted to write my findings out to see if anyone has seen this > > issue, or knows of something I may be doing wrong. > > > > I wrote a port that uses USERS/GROUPS functionality of ports. > > > > USERS=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0user > > GROUPS=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 user_work > > BINOWN=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 user > > BINGRP=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 user_work > > BINMODE=3D =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A04110 > > > > These are the exec lines in my +CONTENTS file (assume one line for > > each exec, they were wrapped): > > @exec if ! /usr/sbin/pw groupshow user_work >/dev/null 2>&1; > > then /usr/sbin/pw groupadd user_work -g 999; fi > > @exec if ! /usr/sbin/pw usershow user >/dev/null 2>&1; > > then /usr/sbin/pw useradd user -u 999 -g 999 =C2=A0-c "user" > > -d /home/user -s /usr/sbin/nologin; fi > > > > I found that on my desktop with a ports tree installed that this > > port and package installed with no issue, however I found that if I > > tried to install the package in a jail with no ports tree and > > nothing installed that it failed with this error: > > > > pw: group `999' does not exist > > pkg_add: command 'if ! /usr/sbin/pw usershow user >/dev/null 2>&1; > > then /usr/sbin/pw useradd user -u 999 -g 999 =C2=A0-c "user" > > -d /home/user -s /usr/sbin/nologin; fi' failed >=20 > You may want to run pkg_add -v and see if the group is created > properly by the preceding @exec line and if not, why. I found that the group that was being added already existed under a different gid. The user was being added with a gid that didn't exist, however the group name did. After blowing away the jail and removing the group, pkg_add installed the package with no issue. >=20 > > I removed all remnants of the installation (these packages were all > > successful builds in Tinderbox), including installed users/groups. I > > copied my UIDs and GIDs files to an empty /usr/ports directory. So > > the only files under /usr/ports were UIDs and GIDs. > > > > With these files in place, I reran the pkg_add command on the port > > package I created and it installed the user and group with no issue, > > with correct permissions and modes on the files. > > > > With this testing, it appears that pkg_add is looking > > at /usr/ports/UIDs and /usr/ports/GIDs for information on > > installing a port package, even-though all of the information > > required for an installation appears to be in my port package. > > I re-tested this process after blowing away the jail and found that pkg_add is not looking at these files. > > Has anyone run into this issue? Any assumptions I am making? Any > > flawed logic in testing? >=20 > I haven't tried to install packages in a jail lately but having > written the USERS/GROUPS logic in bsd.port.mk, the package shouldn't > need a ports tree to be installed properly. >=20 Thanks! jgh
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