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Date:      Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:05:16 -0400
From:      Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, ohauer@FreeBSD.org, portmgr@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: USERS/GROUPS in bsd.port.mk [was: FreeBSD Port: postfix-2.8.4,1]
Message-ID:  <20110803040516.GD1447@magic.hamla.org>
In-Reply-To: <4E37F71D.7070502@quip.cz>
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[ adding portmgr@ to the chain since we're in bpmk territory]

On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 15:09:49 +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote:

> Sahil Tandon wrote:
> >On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 00:04:14 +0200, olli hauer wrote:
> >
> >>No, you don't hit the limitation. It seems you really found a bug in
> >>the Framework!
> >>
> >> From the Framework code in bsd.port.mk existing groups should honored.
> >
> >Along those lines, what about using groupmod instead of usermod?
> >Perhaps due to my ignorance, it seems more straightforward and does not
> >require much sed-fu; I've attached a (probably incomplete) patch to
> >illustrate my thinking.  I understand what I am suggesting could
> >introduce other problems, so please do not construe it as an as-is
> >suggestion, but rather something to stoke discussion.
> 
> I tested your patch and it works for me.

[ .. ]

> It was tested on really old testing system...
> 
> Thank you for your time and working solution.

You are welcome - thanks again for reporting the problem and testing the
new patch.  I believe ohauer@ is taking a look at how else to achieve
the desired behavior without introducing new problems.  I hope we can
get a fix into the tree soon.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org>



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