[2016-10-24 12:18] "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> > > part text/plain 354 > Quoting Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>: > > I'd prefer if user creation was just done declaratively and then we > > could scan the archive. If we have a manually-maintained list, it will > > get out of sync with reality pretty quickly. > > +1 and +1 > It would be nice to have some progress on this: > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Spec/DeclarativePackaging It may be worth to mention my dh-sysuser debhelper here: dh-sysuser provides a debhelper sequence addon named 'sysuser' and command 'dh_sysuser', which add into maintainer scripts code, that ensures, that . * required system users are present after package installation * unless another package requires same users, they are removed on package purge * if possible, ensures, that install-purge-install cycle saves numeric identifier of users -- X-Web-Site: https://sinsekvu.github.io | Note that I process my email in batch, Accept-Languages: eo,ru,en | at most once every 24 hours. If matter Accept: text/plain, text/x-diff | is urgent, you have my phone number.
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