Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:01:46 +0200 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Users needed or not by ports Message-ID: <AANLkTimXPS4xBtx%2B2XJm99eetbwjBvsfC3PrjZSs14XT@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, Before writing a patch for the ports framework, I just want to be sure that FreeBSD ports shouldn't use a same user added by ports. For example pulseaudio adds some users to the system (pulse, pulse-whatever) and should these users be needed from others ports ? My plan is : 1. Register users added and needed by ports in files like +USERS +GROUPS, 2. When make deinstall or pkg_delete port_name check if the user is still needed by other port (if this is possible) 3. Print a message like "The following users and group are not needed anymore by the system : xxx yyy" pkgsrc already use something like this, so a port should be really easy to be done. -- Demelier David
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