On 8/17/19 2:36 AM, Eray Aslan wrote: > > For the record, it wasnt me who wrote those acct-user ebuilds.
Apologies, I checked the metadata and assumed that I missed these as part of your patch series. In any case, I'm not trying to throw blame around -- this is all new and we're still figuring it out (which is why I miss seeing the patches). >> >> Given that both of those users are pulled in only by net-mail/mailbase >> at the moment, you probably want to set those permissions in the ebuild > > I dont want to set permissions in the ebuild if possible. Thats not a > proper solution. > > Why do we need a postmaster account at all? Does anyone have a clue? > If it is needed, it should be pulled in directly by the package that needs it. I have a feeling that mailbase exists to avoid copy/pasting some code between postfix, exim, and however-many versions of qmail we once had. For the user creation at least, GLEP81 eliminates the copy/pasting. > Getting rid of mailbase is certainly another option. > The only reason I didn't suggest this is because my TODO list is already too long. I'm sure there's a good historical reason for mailbase to exist, but I can't figure out what it does today.
