acct-user.eclass makes the username variable read-only: # The name of the user. This is forced to ${PN} and the # policy prohibits it from being changed. ACCT_USER_NAME=${PN} readonly ACCT_USER_NAME
That enforces the ::gentoo policy, but in an overlay, makes it impossible to create valid usernames due to package name restrictions. Case in point: ACCT_USER_NAME=www.example.com Can we please drop the readonly? I'm rebuilding a pre-GLEP81 server and would like to manage the users in a more meaningful way than as lines in /etc/passwd. (The same issue arises in acct-group.eclass)