Re: [OE-core][PATCH V4 1/3] base-passwd: add clock group

[ChenQi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>]

On 10/29/25 18:50, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 at 05:55, Chen Qi via lists.openembedded.org
> <Qi.Chen=windriver.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
>> +Subject: [PATCH] Add clock group
>> +
>> +The clock group is needed to "to enable applications like linuxptp
>> +to open clocks without root privileges". See the link below:
>> +https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/af96ccfc24bc4803078a46b4ef2cdeb5decdfbcd
>> +
>> +Note that this group is needed as long as people use udev from
>> +systemd because 50-udev-default.rules needs it. See the above
>> +commit.
>> +
>> +Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe specific]
>> +[
>> +  MR: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/base-passwd/-/merge_requests/17
>> +  It was rejected by upstream. See details in MR's comments.
>> +]
> Thanks for engaging with upstream. The upstream-status should be
> Denied [link] in this case.
>
> Which brings the point that (I think?) has already been made: as this
> group is systemd-specific, it should probably be handled in that
> recipe.
>
> Alex

Hi Alex,

Debian is using sysusers to handle common groups. You can see that sgx 
and kvm groups are also handled in this way: 
https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/commit/7aab0da57c0df18bf552aae58076500081f93e01

But in Yocto, we are not relying on sysusers. So we have to use 
base-passwd. sgx and kvm are also added to base-passwd via oe-specific 
patches.

I'll correct the Upstream-Status and send out V5.

Regards,
Qi