On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 18:14 +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: > On 2021-01-04 18:08, Michał Górny wrote: > > Introduce a few variables to allow easy overrides of common user account > > proprerties, that is: > > > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_SHELL > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_OWNER > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_HOME_PERMS > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS > > - ACCT_USER_<username>_GROUPS_ADD > > > > The first five variables override the respective ACCT_USER_* variables, > > with ACCT_USER_*_GROUPS being a space-separated list. The *_GROUPS_ADD > > variable appends to groups present in the ebuild, as this seems a common > > necessity. > > > > We do realize that the original requirement of overriding ebuilds > > in a local repository was inconvenient. This new logic should permit > > easy updates via make.conf. Additionally, it has the advantage > > of clearly reporting the changes made in the build logs. > > > > This does not preclude other solutions to the problem. However, this > > is probably the best one and it should become the current > > recommendation. > > This will improve the overlay situation and can be seen as overall > improvement but it doesn't address any shared concerns nor is it a > replacement for the proposed 'acct-user.eclass: don't modify existing > user by default' patch.
If you read the commit message you'd realize I said that it's not a replacement. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
