On Jan 14, 2008 3:36 PM, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonas Karlsson wrote: > > On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:19:34 +0100, Hisham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The error in the forwarded message below got me thinking about > >> Resources/Requirements. Lucas's patch currently adds users/groups as > >> the very last thing in the compile/install process. I don't know if > >> the specific error below qualifies (I think it doesn't), but isn't it > >> possible that other apps may need users/groups created _before_ the > >> compilation and/or post-install runs? > >> > > yes, I think this is valid. Compile should run it before compilation, > > maybe just after CheckDependencies (the users are after all > > "dependencies"). InstallPackage should run it before PostInstall, as > > users/groups might be needed by then. > > in the context of ChrootCompile, or pre-built packages installed by > InstallPackage, the user/groups might get a different number on the > system than they were compiled with. Is this a problem? I imagine it > affects the .tar files at least (or do/can they store users/groups by > name not number somehow?), if not other parts of the compiled program > (or would that be considered a bug, one that other distros might have > trouble with too?)
We'll have to settle on a numbering for these required user/group ids (which are not that much). Given that Resources/Requirements provide include that id that would not be a problem. -- Lucas powered by /dev/dsp _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
