Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:08:16 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Users and groups kept after a port deinstallation Message-ID: <AANLkTim9NqCGi_iPMuoivw0z2bzEXHkt39VPk6c7aHyt@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100522005313.26dcfbdb@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <AANLkTindTvyrfPRj_cGWUC3LXWI63bGN5azaXo_xYRVu@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikNB0LbKG1qtL90F-thxeCvvSqnBxOCCDSucVS6@mail.gmail.com> <20100522005313.26dcfbdb@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:53 PM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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. I agree by and large with RW, but it would be nice if there was an audit tool to do this check and suggest whether or not a group should be added or removed in general, regardless of whether or not a pkg/port was added or removed. Thanks, -Garrett
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