On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:18:24 Michał Górny wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:38:10 +0000 Alec Warner wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:25:03 +0100 Paweł Hajdan, Jr. wrote: > > >> "If enewuser or enewgroup is called from outside of pkg_setup, > > >> fail" > > > > > > It is useful sometimes to call it in pkg_postinst(), if the > > > user/group is needed at runtime and not during install-time. > > > > What difference is there if you run it during setup vs postinst? > > If the build fails or user aborts the merge, his/her system > is not junked with an unnecessary account/group.
this is why we allow people to pick the appropriate step. ebuilds should be
using pkg_{pre,post}inst unless the user/group is needed at src_* time.
-mike
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