On Wed, 2019-08-14 at 17:14 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/691478
> Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
> ---
>  eclass/acct-user.eclass | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/eclass/acct-user.eclass b/eclass/acct-user.eclass
> index 60009643c144..cec5d0506879 100644
> --- a/eclass/acct-user.eclass
> +++ b/eclass/acct-user.eclass
> @@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ acct-user_pkg_preinst() {
>  		if [[ -z ${ACCT_USER_HOME_OWNER} ]]; then
>  			ACCT_USER_HOME_OWNER=${ACCT_USER_NAME}:${ACCT_USER_GROUPS[0]}
>  		fi
> +		# Path might be missing due to INSTALL_MASK, etc.
> +		# https://bugs.gentoo.org/691478
> +		if [[ ! -e "${ED}/${ACCT_USER_HOME#/}" ]]; then
> +			keepdir "${ACCT_USER_HOME}"
> +		fi

Doesn't it violate the principle of least surprise if you recreate
the path that user intentionally wanted stripped?

>  		fowners "${ACCT_USER_HOME_OWNER}" "${ACCT_USER_HOME}"
>  		fperms "${ACCT_USER_HOME_PERMS}" "${ACCT_USER_HOME}"
>  	fi

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Best regards,
Michał Górny