On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 2:27 PM William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 02:57:39PM -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > > We don't even do static allocation. > There are a few exceptional cases where a user or group needs a > > specific identifier; but those were always statically allocated and > > nothing has changed in that regard. > > Doesn't the emerge fail if a different user with ACCT_USER_ID already > exists on > the system (unless ACCT_USER_ID is set to -1, which is forbidden by qa > policy)? > > If that's the case I don't see how we aren't doing static allocation. > User PoV when I see a bunch of acct-* packages pop up in emerge @world updates: A bunch of of acct-* ebuilds make claims for specific uid/gid for applications that don't have a reason I can think of to be requiring a specific number, and would never be used in a way (e.g. NFS-shared /etc) where the numeric value actually matters.
