On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:53 PM, RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 16:23:18 +0100 > Florent Thoumie <f...@xbsd.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:11 AM, David DEMELIER >> <demelier.da...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I used pkgsrc for a while on NetBSD. I was used to the pkgsrc >> > notifications about the users and groups leaves, when some ports are >> > removed these leaves are not used anymore. e.g pulseaudio needs some >> > users on the system. >> > >> >> This was discussed in the following bug-report: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=108514 >> >> I think the proper solution is to create a +UGIDS file to be able to >> maintain a refcount, but the status quo isn't that bad. > > Personally I'd much prefer to keep them so ls -l, filemanagers etc can > continue to use names rather than numbers for any files left behind. > > IMO the status quo is better than any solution that involves automated > deletion.
I agree by and large with RW, but it would be nice if there was an audit tool to do this check and suggest whether or not a group should be added or removed in general, regardless of whether or not a pkg/port was added or removed. Thanks, -Garrett _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"