Re: [PATCH] Only lookup uid/gid when applying rules

[Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>]

On Saturday 05 August 2006 03:42, you wrote:
> > Now should the onus be on distro's to magically add foo even though it
> > *may* be not needed, or should it be on udev to work out if it even needs
> > to lookup the user/group "foo"?
>
> You should fix your base-system, which is causing the trouble, simple as
> that.

So, we have to keep in sync all user/groups udev requires?

As opposed to adding them dynamically when the user actually installs the 
software the uses said users/groups? Or even has the hardware?

Case in point - my LDAP server has no need for the user/group tss other than 
the fact that udev requires it due to a rule that will never be applied.

And you still think my base-system should be fixed? What  happens down the 
road when you next require user foo and group bar due to a rule which may or 
may not be needed?

I give up. It's hopeless. I just cannot convice you that it's better to be 
slow than broken.

-- 
Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>
Gentoo/Linux Developer (baselayout, networking)

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