On 2017-11-21 03:19 AM, Benda Xu wrote: > Francesco Riosa <[email protected]> writes: > >> maybe ewarn() is more appropriate than einfo()? >> Just in case it's executed outside the scope of prefix > > I can't remember any use case when portage (or, paludis, etc.) is > executed as a normal user but not a from Prefix. > > This message will only affect Prefix users, who won't be surprised that > they cannot create new groups or users. Therefore I think einfo is more > appropriate. > > > Furthermore, we do have Prefix that runs as a root, mostly usable on NAS > or smartphones, when we do ultimately like portage to manage groups and > users.
I use portage as non-root all the time when developing and testing ebuilds, via the "ebuild" command.
