[Buildroot] [PATCH 08/10] support: mkusers: add warning when using mkpasswd from the host system

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Peter, All,

On 2014-01-19 21:29 +0100, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly:
> >>>>> "Samuel" == Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>  > Because the mkpasswd provided by some distribution does not support all
>  > options used in the mkusers script, mkpasswd has been integrated as a
>  > package.
> 
>  > However, using a custom rootfs skeleton, the host-mkpasswd target is not
>  > automatically built, even if some packages add users.
> 
>  > In this case, to help the Buildroot users understanding what happen when
>  > the mkpasswd from the host system is used (so, might fail), mkusers now
>  > print a warning message explaining how to solve this.
> 
> Why not just fix it to always use our mkpasswd? E.G. something like
> adding host-mkpasswd to dependencies in fs/common.mk if PACKAGE_USERS
> isn't empty?

We've already spoke about it with Samuel on IRC, and I was rather
leaning toward this: if the user uses a custom skeleton, lets just rely
on him to provide a proper set of users.

As an afterthought, I think this would not be correct from us, and that
we should indeed continue to generate those users.

So, agreed with Peter on that one. Sorry Samuel... :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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