On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 11:58:31AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 08:15:37PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > This is my patch. > > I like your patch. :) I just have one comment: > > > +``Dynamic local`` allocated ids should by default be arranged in some > > +sensible order, but the behavior should be configurable. > > unpredictable or non-deterministic allocation of such ids is a cause of non- > reproducibiliy for Debian images and installations, so us reproducible folks > would like to see "sensible" to be expanded to take reproducible builds into > account.
So we should go (in Policy) more towards "dynamic global UIDs and GIDs which may post additional load towards the base-passwd maintainers? Or would it be enough for reproducible images if adduser would finally implement #243929, making it possible to pre-determine UIDs before an image is built? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
