Hello Josch, thank you for your very fast feedback.
You are right, I shall revert my changes, and put proposed changes in a separate branch of the git tree, so it will be easier to cherry-pick them. Best regards, Georges. Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues a écrit : > Hi Georges, > > Quoting Georges Khaznadar (2022-06-13 10:56:28) > > Bug #1012622 in base-passwd reported by you has been fixed in the > > Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit > > message below and you can check the diff of the fix at: > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/base-passwd/-/commit/5ce77739fb387ba36f7bb75570af63aec038d963 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > frozen the group id for crontab, closes: #1012622 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > (this message was generated automatically) > > I don't think this is a good solution: > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/base-passwd/-/commit/e1a186baa5cec0ee1ffed6a06344bc2a492c3e3d > > I'm putting Colin as the base-passwd maintainer into CC. > > Firstly, I don't think you should statically allocate group 101 like this > because that's inside the 100-999 range which is dynamically allocated: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#uid-and-gid-classes > > Secondly, each new group should be documented. Introducing a new group > probably > needs documentation in doc/users-and-groups.sgml as it is for example done > here: > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/base-passwd/-/commit/af62feef458e3787bd460a2822d402d5a970b237 > > Did you discuss this change with Colin? Otherwise, maybe you first want to > revert your changes to not cause any accidental damage. I think Colin needs to > have a say in to whether or not a statically allocated crontab group > maintained > by base-passwd is a good idea or not. > > Thanks! > > cheers, josch -- Georges KHAZNADAR et Jocelyne FOURNIER 22 rue des mouettes, 59240 Dunkerque France. Téléphone +33 (0)3 28 29 17 70
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