From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: die explicitly if HOME is missing in preinst
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:01:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dcd541f7-4674-08f2-ce58-7d78a68fd540@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190815154355.1086130-1-floppym@gentoo.org>
On 8/15/19 11:43 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
>
> + # Path might be missing due to INSTALL_MASK, etc.
> + # https://bugs.gentoo.org/691478
> + if [[ ! -e "${ED}/${ACCT_USER_HOME#/}" ]]; then
> + eerror "Home directory is missing from the installation image:"
> + eerror " ${ACCT_USER_HOME}"
> + eerror "Check INSTALL_MASK for entries that would cause this."
> + die "${ACCT_USER_HOME} does not exist"
> + fi
This suggests that the problem is with the user's INSTALL_MASK, and not
with the package that crashed. I would rather they file a bug than
change their mask entry. But, I guess it's pretty easy these days to
grep the whole acct-user category for issues like this that I missed on
the mailing list.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-15 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-15 15:43 [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] acct-user.eclass: die explicitly if HOME is missing in preinst Mike Gilbert
2019-08-15 16:02 ` Michał Górny
2019-08-15 19:01 ` Michael Orlitzky [this message]
2019-08-15 21:12 ` Mike Gilbert
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