Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 00:53:13 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Users and groups kept after a port deinstallation Message-ID: <20100522005313.26dcfbdb@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikNB0LbKG1qtL90F-thxeCvvSqnBxOCCDSucVS6@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTindTvyrfPRj_cGWUC3LXWI63bGN5azaXo_xYRVu@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikNB0LbKG1qtL90F-thxeCvvSqnBxOCCDSucVS6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 21 May 2010 16:23:18 +0100 Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> wrote: > 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. > > > > 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. Personally I'd much prefer to keep them so ls -l, filemanagers etc can continue to use names rather than numbers for any files left behind. IMO the status quo is better than any solution that involves automated deletion.
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