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)


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