On 1/10/13 5:01 PM, Merle Reinhart wrote: > Alex, > > There are some initial install/use problems/mis-understandings with the new > passwd stuff. > > When I updated, everything failed because it could not find > /sw/etc/passwd.conf. It appears it was passwd-core that was looking for it > to write into couldn't find it. > > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-passwd-core-20130103-1 > (Reading database ... 276012 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing fink-buildlock-passwd-core-20130103-1 ... > Reading buildlock packages... > All buildlocks accounted for. > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/passwd-avahi_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/passwd-core_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/passwd-games_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb > > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/passwd-messagebus_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb > (Reading database ... 276011 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace passwd-avahi 20100305-5 (using > .../passwd-avahi_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement passwd-avahi ... > Preparing to replace passwd-core 20100305-5 (using > .../passwd-core_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement passwd-core ... > Preparing to replace passwd-games 20100305-5 (using > .../passwd-games_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement passwd-games ... > Preparing to replace passwd-messagebus 20100305-5 (using > .../passwd-messagebus_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement passwd-messagebus ... > Setting up passwd-core (20130103-1) ... > We recommend allocating UIDs and GIDs automatically, > unless you have specific requirements for UIDs and GIDs. > Set UIDs/GIDs automatically? [Y/n] n > OK. You will be prompted to enter ID numbers for each passwd-* user. > cp: /sw/share/passwd-core/passwd.conf: No such file or directory
That just got fixed in 20130103-2. > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing passwd-core (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of passwd-games: > passwd-games depends on passwd-core (>= 20130103-1); however: > Package passwd-core is not configured yet. > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing passwd-games (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of passwd-messagebus: > passwd-messagebus depends on passwd-core (>= 20130103-1); however: > Package passwd-core is not configured yet. > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing passwd-messagebus (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of passwd-avahi: > passwd-avahi depends on passwd-core (>= 20130103-1); however: > Package passwd-core is not configured yet. > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing passwd-avahi (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > passwd-core > passwd-games > passwd-messagebus > passwd-avahi > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 > > > > > > > I found touching the file initially to create it, then installing passwd-core > seems to have done the job. However..... > > > I wanted to pick my UIDs/GIDs since I need all my systems to have the same > mapping to user/group name, so I picked 'n' when asked the question and that > leads to the following: > > The following package will be installed or updated: > passwd-core > Reading buildlock packages... > All buildlocks accounted for. > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/base/passwd-core_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb > (Reading database ... 276018 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace passwd-core 20130103-1 (using > .../passwd-core_20130103-1_darwin-x86_64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement passwd-core ... > Setting up passwd-core (20130103-1) ... > We recommend allocating UIDs and GIDs automatically, > unless you have specific requirements for UIDs and GIDs. > Set UIDs/GIDs automatically? [Y/n] n > OK. You will be prompted to enter ID numbers for each passwd-* user. > > [HexaMacPro:~] merle% > > > > Not what I was expecting since it said it was going to prompt. That message > should be updated to indicate that each individual passwd-* package (but no > passwd-core) will prompt. > When you install a passwd-* that doesn't exist, at that time you will be prompted. I thought that was relatively clear, but yeah, there was room for improvement. > So, I started with passwd-messagebus and that worked fine as it already > existed. However, where does fink keep that information? That information is gleaned from the DirectoryServices database via the 'id' and 'dscl' commands. It isn't kept anywhere by Fink anymore. With the old system, it was possible to just rerun the post-install script to create the identical UID/GID map to username/groupname on a different clean system. Is that still possible? No. Or do we now have to do all this hand-holding every single time we bring in a new or rebuild a system? At least until the next release. Sorry about the change in behavior. Most of our users don't need to worry about such issues, or get the special users from central directory servers, so the "manual choice" option kind of got shortchanged. > > > > Thanks! Just trying to understand what extra work is now on the user verses > fink keeping track of it. > > Merle > > The least troublesome option for everybody would probably be to make an optional new package which contains passwd-fink and group-fink, and to have the "manual choice" option from passwd-core look for data in those files first, and fall back to prompting for a value if the files or the relevant user are not present. That way we can still allow the passwd-user packages to be separated from passwd-core to cut down on unnecessary updates. I'll set up a sandbox for that. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
