Bug 105278

Summary:	clamav-0.86.2.ebuild uses os specific command
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Tobias Hahn <tobhahn>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	105281

Description Tobias Hahn 2005-09-08 09:45:54 UTC

The clamav ebuild creates user and group clamav using enewuser/enewgroup. After
doing so, it calls 

pwconv || die

which IMHO is a Linux specific command converting from /etc/passwd to
/etc/shadow, i.e. not portable. Even under Linux it assumes everybody is using
shadow passwords. It breaks compilation on darwin/osx since darwin uses a
completely different user management (netinfo). If there is the need to do
something like pwconv, it should automatically be done by enewuser. User and
group creation should be done in a consistent manner across all ebuilds.

Most ebuilds that add new users seem to be able to do without pwconv. 

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-08 12:09:51 UTC

You're right, there's no need for pwconv. Removed in CVS, thanks.