Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:09:59 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: FreeBSD-Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UID conflict: Both database/firebird and net/quagga apeear to use UID 90 Message-ID: <20040112220959.GH66765@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20040112215909.GL1667@k7.mavetju> References: <20040112154832.GI491@seekingfire.com> <20040112163450.B150E17DB9@sirius.firepipe.net> <20040112193806.GC52964@seekingfire.com> <20040112215909.GL1667@k7.mavetju>
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:59:09AM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 01:38:06PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:34:50AM -0600, Pete Fritchman wrote: > > > If we keep all the UIDs documented there, we should'd have the problem of > > > people adding a new port with a duplicate UID. I'm sure there are a ton > > > of ports that add users with UIDs that are _not_ documented there; we > > > should probably fix that as we come across them. > > > > There should be a way to automatically catch that. Perhaps a post-build > > checksum against /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group on an automated > > ports-building box. > > There is. Well, UIDs allocated. In the porters manual there is a > list of UIDs (chapter 15.11). The first one in there wins! To clarify, I meant that there should be a way to automatically catch the ports that /don't/ follow that process. It could be added as one of the build checks for the automatic port building machines. -T -- Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way. - Robert Heinlein
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