Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/rt4

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 07:59:53AM +0000, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> Module Name:  pkgsrc
> Committed By: manu
> Date:         Wed Apr 29 07:59:53 UTC 2015
> 
> Modified Files:
>       pkgsrc/devel/rt4: Makefile
> 
> Log Message:
> Remove --with-my-user-group options to fix pkg_comp build
> 
> When building in pkg_comp, this option cause the real UID/GID to
> be used at install time within the chroot. But the user that exists
> in the root filesystem may not exist in the chroot, causing an
> installation failure.

Thanks, but this seems like a backwards step - forcing everything to
be root/wheel is not always beneficial.

Some alternatives spring to mind:

1.  can we make the rt4 package use a specific user, so that we can
use all the infrastructure for that we already have?

2.  can the group ownership be changed at install time if we go with
the "must be built as root" approach?

3.  can pkg_comp be modified to be more savvy about uids and gids used
to build?

4.  all the other ones I've missed here

Thanks,
Alistair