Another desperate ping?

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Laszlo Papp <[email protected]> wrote:
> Guys, what is going on ??
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Laszlo Papp <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Indeed, thanks, and sorry. ^^
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Laszlo,
>>>
>>> I think you meant the other Denys, the one with RedHat that maintains
>>> busybox.
>>> I'm with Texas Instruments and maintain meta-ti/Arago in OE/Yocto world :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Denys
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 06:10:40PM +0100, Laszlo Papp wrote:
>>> > Denys, could you please provide feedback here?
>>> >
>>> > 1) Do you appreciate the feature?
>>> >
>>> > 2) If yes, which option would you like to see for it?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Laszlo Papp <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > This patch was sent to the mailing list two weeks ago without further
>>> > > comment from the maintainer...
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Laszlo Papp <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:28 PM, tito <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >>> On Thursday 03 July 2014 22:38:23 you wrote:
>>> > >>> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 8:31 PM, tito <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> > > On Thursday 03 July 2014 14:51:11 you wrote:
>>> > >>> > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:59 PM, tito <[email protected]>
>>> > >>> wrote:
>>> > >>> > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > On Thursday 03 July 2014 13:03:46 Laszlo Papp wrote:
>>> > >>> > > > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Laszlo Papp
>>> > >>> > > > > > <[email protected]>
>>> > >>> wrote:
>>> > >>> > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > > commit 761fd153e340a14abccc0af89f2f6617faf2077f
>>> > >>> > > > > > > Author: Laszlo Papp <[email protected]>
>>> > >>> > > > > > > Date:   Thu Jul 3 11:06:58 2014 +0100
>>> > >>> > > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > >     Add optional home directory removal support to
>>> > >>> > > > > > > deluser
>>> > >>> > > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > > diff --git a/loginutils/deluser.c b/loginutils/deluser.c
>>> > >>> > > > > > > index e39ac55..67b744b 100644
>>> > >>> > > > > > > --- a/loginutils/deluser.c
>>> > >>> > > > > > > +++ b/loginutils/deluser.c
>>> > >>> > > > > > > @@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
>>> > >>> > > > > > >   */
>>> > >>> > > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > >  //usage:#define deluser_trivial_usage
>>> > >>> > > > > > > -//usage:       "USER"
>>> > >>> > > > > > > +//usage:       "[-h] USER"
>>> > >>> > > > > > >  //usage:#define deluser_full_usage "\n\n"
>>> > >>> > > > > > >  //usage:       "Delete USER from the system"
>>> > >>> > > > > > > +//usage:       "\n    -h   Remove the home directory"
>>> > >>> > > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > >  //usage:#define delgroup_trivial_usage
>>> > >>> > > > > > >  //usage:       IF_FEATURE_DEL_USER_FROM_GROUP("[USER]
>>> > >>> ")"GROUP"
>>> > >>> > > > > > > @@ -35,11 +36,15 @@ int deluser_main(int argc, char
>>> > >>> > > > > > > **argv)
>>> > >>> > > > > > >         /* Name of shadow or gshadow file */
>>> > >>> > > > > > >         const char *sfile;
>>> > >>> > > > > > >         /* Are we deluser or delgroup? */
>>> > >>> > > > > > > +    struct passwd *pw = 0;
>>> > >>> > > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > This could probably be one line below not to distract the
>>> > >>> comment and
>>> > >>> > > > > > corresponding variable declaration. Although, ideally,
>>> > >>> > > > > > this
>>> > >>> would
>>> > >>> > > need to
>>> > >>> > > > > > go to the "case 2" branch, but I did not want to introduce
>>> > >>> > > > > > a
>>> > >>> new
>>> > >>> > > block
>>> > >>> > > > > > there with re-indenting many lines. Also, do you prefer
>>> > >>> > > > > > "NULL"
>>> > >>> > > instead of
>>> > >>> > > > > > "0"?
>>> > >>> > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > Let me know what the preferred style is...
>>> > >>> > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > > The patch is tested with and without "-h" and it works.
>>> > >>> > > > > > The
>>> > >>> option
>>> > >>> > > > > > selection is "-h" which reminds some people the canonical
>>> > >>> "help",
>>> > >>> > > but on
>>> > >>> > > > > > the contrary, this is also what is used for adduser to
>>> > >>> > > > > > create
>>> > >>> the
>>> > >>> > > home
>>> > >>> > > > > > directory, so I picked it up for being consistent. Again,
>>> > >>> > > > > > let
>>> > >>> me know
>>> > >>> > > > > your
>>> > >>> > > > > > preference ...
>>> > >>> > > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > >
>>> > >>> > > > > Hi,
>>> > >>> > > > > couldn't we change -h as it conflicts with -h/--help and use
>>> > >>> > > > > -r
>>> > >>> as in
>>> > >>> > > > > --remove-home:
>>> > >>> > > > >
>>> > >>> > > >
>>> > >>> > > > Well, I prefer consistency, otherwise it will become to
>>> > >>> effectively use
>>> > >>> > > the
>>> > >>> > > > applets. After all, if you do not type anything, you will get
>>> > >>> > > > the
>>> > >>> help
>>> > >>> > > > output, or misuse it, so why would we bloat the applet code
>>> > >>> > > > with
>>> > >>> that?
>>> > >>> > > >
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> > > Hi,
>>> > >>> > > where is the bloat in doing:
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> > >  //usage:#define deluser_trivial_usage
>>> > >>> > > -//usage:       "USER"
>>> > >>> > > +//usage:       "[-r] USER"
>>> > >>> > >  //usage:#define deluser_full_usage "\n\n"
>>> > >>> > >  //usage:       "Delete USER from the system"
>>> > >>> > > +//usage:       "\n    -r   Remove the home directory"
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> > That does not make sense to me, I am afraid. It might be possible
>>> > >>> later to
>>> > >>> > remove other config data, too. It is probably not acceptable, thus
>>> > >>> > it
>>> > >>> is
>>> > >>> > not done so even on desktop.
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> > > and
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> > >     int do_delhome = 0;
>>> > >>> > >     if (getopt32(argv, "r") & 1) { ++argv; --argc; do_delhome =
>>> > >>> > > 1; }
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> > > or maybe simply:
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> > >     int do_delhome = getopt32(argv, "r"):
>>> > >>> > >     argc -= optind;
>>> > >>> > >     argv += optind;
>>> > >>> > >
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> > This looks worse than a simple increment to me, but it is such a
>>> > >>> > minor
>>> > >>> > detail that I do not think it is too relevant.
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>> > -h is nice and consistent. I do not know why you would want help
>>> > >>> option two
>>> > >>> > when it only has one option. You would double the option number.
>>> > >>> > It
>>> > >>> would
>>> > >>> > be an overkill in this case.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Hi,
>>> > >>> I want not to double the number of options I just suggest to use
>>> > >>> -r instead of -h because:
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> As already replied, -r is not clear an option. I was thinking about
>>> > >> -h
>>> > >> and --remove-home in the beginning. I think anything else is bad
>>> > >> choice
>>> > >> because it is inconsistent with the rest of the world. I prefer local
>>> > >> consistency within busybox, this I picked up -h, but if Denys would
>>> > >> like to
>>> > >> avoid that local consistency, I suggest --remove-home to at least
>>> > >> have some
>>> > >> consistency, namely with the desktop.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >>> 1) -h is mostly used for help (with a few exceptions I am aware of).
>>> > >>> 2)  on the desktop:
>>> > >>>       a) deluser uses  --remove-home   ( Remove the home directory
>>> > >>> of
>>> > >>> the user and its mailspool)
>>> > >>>       b) userdel uses  -r, --remove  (Files in the user's home
>>> > >>> directory
>>> > >>> will be removed along with the
>>> > >>>                                                       home directory
>>> > >>> itself and the user's mail spool.)
>>> > >>>          therefore using -r would be consistent and logic to use.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> That is exactly why it would be inconsistent and not logical IMHO.
>>> > >> "-r"
>>> > >> means remove "everything" and definitely not just home.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> > By the way, I like the bikeshed pink. ;-)
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>      This was just a hint to reduce codesize,
>>> > >>>      untested  so I will not bet on it.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>      int do_delhome = getopt32(argv, "r"):
>>> > >>>      argc -= optind;
>>> > >>>      argv += optind;
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>
>>> > >> I do not see any benefit of it for one option; it also seems to make
>>> > >> the
>>> > >> code longer IMHO.
>>> > >>
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>
>>
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