Re: [PATCH 1/6] acct-user.eclass: Automatically add deps based on ACCT_USER_HOME_OWNER

Michael Orlitzky <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:35:55 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Message-ID <ajqn2-2jDr6UvpiL@stitch>
On 2026-06-23 14:18:37, James Le Cuirot wrote:
> 
> You seem to be saying that ACCT_USER_HOME_OWNER shouldn't go away entirely, and
> therefore the fix still makes sense? I think your argument makes sense, but I'd
> never heard of ACCT_USER_HOME_OWNER before I hit this issue, so I think someone
> else should decide what to do.
> 

There may be extreme cases where it is useful, but with only

  $ grep -rl ACCT_USER_HOME_OWNER acct-user | wc -l
  14

examples (half of which are obvious mistakes), I guess I am hoping
that we could review them first. If they're all bugs, then we don't
need to add code to the eclass that would make future bugs easier.