I've seen other distributions solve this doing this by creating the passwd/group files based on the contents of the recipe and not some external file.
So you would have a list of users/groups that need to be created with their attributes. In the do_install these items would be dumped into the passwd/group.master file(s). But also in the preinst, it would check for the existence of the files -- if they didn't exist yet.. it would simply write out the passwd/group files at that point. By embedding the data in the recipe, it keeps things in sync and resolves the chicken/egg problem. Any opinions from folks if this is even halfway reasonable for us to consider? (I'm guessing with some anon python code we could probably load in the passwd/group files, place them into a variable and use the variable to embed them within the preinst -- keeping the contents out of the recipe.) --Mark On 10/21/11 9:10 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > To allow use and manipulation of users and groups at rootfs building > time, the '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/group' needs to be available as soon > as possible. > > Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <[email protected]> > --- > .../recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.22.bb | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- > 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.22.bb > b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.22.bb > index 137512d..aa90a6d 100644 > --- a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.22.bb > +++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.5.22.bb > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > SUMMARY = "Base system master password/group files." > DESCRIPTION = "The master copies of the user database files (/etc/passwd and > /etc/group). The update-passwd tool is also provided to keep the system > databases synchronized with these master files." > SECTION = "base" > -PR = "r3" > +PR = "r4" > LICENSE = "GPLv2+" > LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=eb723b61539feef013de476e68b5c50a" > > @@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ do_install () { > install -p -m 644 debian/copyright ${D}${docdir}/${BPN}/ > } > > +pkg_preinst_${PN} () { > + set -e > + > + # Used for rootfs generation. On in-target install this will be run > + # before the unpack so the files won't be available > + > + if [ ! -e $D${sysconfdir}/passwd ] && [ -e > $D${datadir}/base-passwd/passwd.master ]; then > + cp $D${datadir}/base-passwd/passwd.master $D${sysconfdir}/passwd > + fi > + > + if [ ! -e $D${sysconfdir}/group ] && [ -e > $D${datadir}/base-passwd/group.master ]; then > + cp $D${datadir}/base-passwd/group.master $D${sysconfdir}/group > + fi > + > + exit 0 > +} > + > pkg_postinst_${PN} () { > set -e > _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
