Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 16:23:18 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> To: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Users and groups kept after a port deinstallation Message-ID: <AANLkTikNB0LbKG1qtL90F-thxeCvvSqnBxOCCDSucVS6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTindTvyrfPRj_cGWUC3LXWI63bGN5azaXo_xYRVu@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTindTvyrfPRj_cGWUC3LXWI63bGN5azaXo_xYRVu@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:11 AM, David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I used pkgsrc for a while on NetBSD. I was used to the pkgsrc > notifications about the users and groups leaves, when some ports are > removed these leaves are not used anymore. e.g pulseaudio needs some > users on the system. > > Then the pkgsrc framework says to the user that are some users not > used anymore and they could remove them safely. > > Ports has the lack of this kind of notification, that's why I would > start writing a patch in the ports infrastructure, or maybe someone > already proposed something else ? > > I apologize for my bad english. This was discussed in the following bug-report: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=108514 I think the proper solution is to create a +UGIDS file to be able to maintain a refcount, but the status quo isn't that bad. -- Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer
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