Hi,
Please review the following patches, implementing the user/group package
concept. The patches incorporate some of the feedback to the proposed
GLEP, and I'd like to get them reviewed before I submit the next GLEP
update. They are based on earlier work by mjo.
To recap: the idea is to replace direct calls to enewgroup/enewuser
with special packages in user/ & group/ categories that represent
the users/groups needed by a package. They create the user/group
if necessary and track its usage. When it is no longer needed,
the package is unmerged and the user gets a clear signal that the user/
group might be removed (but we do not remove them automatically to stay
on the safe side).
The patch set consists of three parts:
a. Updates and fixes to user.eclass, to provide a good portability base
for the new eclasses.
b. sys-group and sys-user eclasses, used to implement said packages.
c. Example conversion of 'ftp' user+group, and respective update
of net-ftp/ftpbase.
TIA for your feedback.
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Best regards,
Michał Górny
Michał Górny (9):
user.eclass: Do not create user-group automatically
user.eclass: Prevent automated home creation in useradd
user.eclass: Support disabling home directory creation
user.eclass: Support forcing specified UID/GID
user.eclass: Die if no free UID/GID is found
{group,user}.eclass: WIP eclasses to maintain users/groups
group/ftp: Add 'ftp' group (GID 21)
user/ftp: Add 'ftp' user (UID 21)
net-ftp/ftpbase: Utilize {group,user}/ftp
eclass/sys-group.eclass | 105 +++++++++++++
eclass/sys-user.eclass | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
eclass/user.eclass | 39 ++++-
group/ftp/ftp-0.ebuild | 8 +
group/ftp/metadata.xml | 5 +
net-ftp/ftpbase/ftpbase-0.01-r3.ebuild | 39 +++++
profiles/categories | 2 +
user/ftp/ftp-0.ebuild | 19 +++
user/ftp/metadata.xml | 5 +
9 files changed, 425 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 eclass/sys-group.eclass
create mode 100644 eclass/sys-user.eclass
create mode 100644 group/ftp/ftp-0.ebuild
create mode 100644 group/ftp/metadata.xml
create mode 100644 net-ftp/ftpbase/ftpbase-0.01-r3.ebuild
create mode 100644 user/ftp/ftp-0.ebuild
create mode 100644 user/ftp/metadata.xml
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2.22.0.rc1
