Subject: Re: mk/install/usergroup and FreeBSD and DragonFly
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/07/2005 16:03:07
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 05:15:10AM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> - force DragonFly to install sysutils/user
IMO not a good idea :-)
> - new sysutils/user_dragonfly package providing wrapper scripts (similar
> to user_interix and user_darwin)
Why not change the mk/install/usergroup instead to have the proper magic
included? I mean the script is hardly performance sensitive and it keeps
all the logic in one place. I have played with this idea, but didn't
bother enough to finish writing it.
> - provide code snippets to use like mk/platform/DragonFly.usergroup if
> available, so the ordering of username will be done before other
> options.
Isn't the usergroup script included in +INSTALL? That might make the
logic more complicated.
>
> - get DragonFly and FreeBSD to fix their pw to accept the username at end
> of arguments too.
It won't help existing systems.
Joerg