On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:48:32AM +0100, Peter Vrabec wrote: > Jesse, > > shouldn't we describe how we create users in > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines Yes, we should. > it would also make clear that maintainers shouldn't use fedora-usermgmt. +1 We should pick two typical example packages, one with a static uid/gid (httpd) and one with dynamic, which do a proper job with uid/gid and submit this as a PackagingDraft. > Jesse Keating wrote: > > On Thursday 15 March 2007 18:04:19 Mário Gamito wrote: > >> Would you be so kind to be more specific ? > >> I've tried the %pre section, but it didn't create the groups and the users. > >> > >> The %pre section is before the %prep, right ? > >> > >> The make setup already needs the users and groups to exist. > > > > Sorry, I wasn't clear. You can't rely on creating users during the build > > process, as the place you build does not always equal the place you install. > > You _have_ to be able to build without creating the users. You use %pre to > > create the users as %pre is executed on the host that you're installing the > > package on, before the package files are put in place. %pre creates the > > user, %defatter defines that the files should be owned by said user when > > they're laid out on the file system. > > > > If the build (potentially without 'check') cannot complete without the user > > being added, you may be stuck with fixing the broken make system for that > > software. > > > > > -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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