Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:31:15 +0200 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: David Mazieres <dm+bugs+avenger@mailavenger.org> Cc: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/83077: Update port: mail/avenger to version 0.6.5 Message-ID: <1120771875.73011.20.camel@hood.oook.cz> In-Reply-To: <6cpstus4g6.fsf@vivisex.scs.cs.nyu.edu> References: <200507072046.j67KkaMf035756@freefall.freebsd.org> <6cpstus4g6.fsf@vivisex.scs.cs.nyu.edu>
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--=-nYFgsgwOkVeVkQ5L8/f0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Mazieres p=ED=B9e v =E8t 07. 07. 2005 v 17:15 -0400: > > Also please don't remove hardcoding of UID/GID from pkg-install script. > > It's FreeBSD Ports policy to hardcode UIDs for system users. >=20 > I'm slightly confused here. On the FreeBSD web page, it says: >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook= /dads-uid-and-gids.html >=20 > If your port requires a certain user to be on the installed > system, let the pkg-install script call pw to create it > automatically. Look at net/cvsup-mirror for an example. >=20 > If your port must use the same user/group ID number when it is > installed as a binary package as when it was compiled, then > you must choose a free UID from 50 to 999 and register it > below. Look at japanese/Wnn6 for an example. >=20 > This port does not require the same user/group when it is installed as > when it was compiled. So I looked at net/cvsup-mirror, and it > allocates the uid dynamically. From this I concluded that I had > messed up in the first port I submitted. >=20 > Should I not do what net/cvsup-mirror does? If so, what UID should I > use. Last time I used 172, but I now see it has been taken for the > akg user by the AquaGateKeeper port, so I should pick a different > number. Maybe 175? Hmm, now this conflicts with that I'm used to, but I guess documentation is right, not me, so let's go with your patch. --=20 Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> Linux is a happy free-for-all chaos. --=-nYFgsgwOkVeVkQ5L8/f0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCzZ8jntdYP8FOsoIRAgWuAJ4/LfUftMVpsvpAm9VV6c0Q6i7tnwCfR1a2 FhDV07xHCzrZiVW3yJ+6GD8= =J6L5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-nYFgsgwOkVeVkQ5L8/f0--
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