On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 3:08 PM Martin Vaeth <mar...@mvath.de> wrote: > > Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > user.eclass has been deprecated for two years. In the gentoo repo, it > > is currently only used by acct-group.eclass and acct-user.eclass > > It is needed for ebuilds in non-gentoo repositories which cannot > reserve a fixed number for users and groups.
Such ebuilds should be converted into acct-user and acct-group packages instead. If you set ACCT_USER_ID=-1 or ACCT_GROUP_ID=-1, they will pick an available UID/GID upon installation.
