Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:28:35 -0400 From: Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org, Brad Davis <brd@freebsd.org> Cc: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r337857 - in head: bin/csh bin/sh etc Message-ID: <20180815182835.GB42216@raichu> In-Reply-To: <201808151731.w7FHV4vv048790@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <1534353535.920234.1475238264.523AA6C6@webmail.messagingengine.com> <201808151731.w7FHV4vv048790@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:31:04AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Ravi Pokala wrote: > > > Brad, > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Brad Davis > > > <brd@FreeBSD.org> > > > Date: 2018-08-15, Wednesday at 09:22 > > > To: <src-committers@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, <svn-src- > > > head@freebsd.org> > > > Subject: svn commit: r337857 - in head: bin/csh bin/sh etc > > > > > > > Author: brd > > > > Date: Wed Aug 15 16:22:12 2018 > > > > New Revision: 337857 > > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337857 > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > Fix build after r337849 > > > > > > > > This moves the symlink creation to after where the files are installed. > > > > > > > > This also inverts the shell change so that it only happens if MK_TCSH is on. > > > ... > > > > Modified: head/etc/master.passwd > > > > ============================================================================== > > > > --- head/etc/master.passwd Wed Aug 15 16:16:59 2018 (r337856) > > > > +++ head/etc/master.passwd Wed Aug 15 16:22:12 2018 (r337857) > > > > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > > > > # $FreeBSD$ > > > > # > > > > -root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > > > > +root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh > > > > toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > > > > daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin > > > > operator:*:2:5::0:0:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > > > > > > Woah! Changing the root shell wasn't mentioned in the change > > > description, has nothing to do with fixing r337849, and is a *HUGE* POLA > > > violation. At the very least, a change of this magnitude needs public > > > discussion, and even if the community agreed, it would also require an > > > UPDATING message and relnote. > > > > > > Please revert this change to master.passwd immediately. > > > > Hi Ravi, > > > > Please, look closer. It doesn't change what is actually installed in either case, it just inverts the logic. > > Though the end results maybe the same, we now have a sed that > is running in the normal case, is not run in the exception case, > a src file that must be editted to match the distribution file, > etc. I can not express stronly enough how much I object to this. > > I have explained in your diffential that this should actually be > put back as far as inverted, and that actually bin/csh/Makefile > nor bin/sh/Makefile should never even touch etc/master.password, > simply the wrong place to be doing it. This should be in what > ever Makefile installs /etc/master.password an no place else. As a side observation, this kind of editing at build time can break -DNO_ROOT. See PR 209718 for a different example of the same problem. I haven't yet verified that this change has the same issue; my apologies if I'm missing something and there is no problem after all.
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