Bug 200949 – sys-apps/slocate-2.7-r8 requires impossible group rename

• Status: VERIFIED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Timothy Stotts 2007-12-01 19:25:10 UTC]

If the group 'slocate' exists on the current system, emerge sys-apps/slocate-2.7-r8 dies with a message to rename the group 'slocate' to 'locate'.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
The system in question is a client on an "NIS" network with a heterogeneous  cluster of systems. The groups 'slocate' and 'locate' are needed to both exist due to the needs of other systems.

Actual Results:  
The ebuild fails to emerge due to both groups existing.

Expected Results:  
Please modify pkg_setup() of this ebuild to have an option to install without strict group checking. Thanks!

Example:
    # just use 'locate' group and ignore presence of 'slocate' group
    NO_GROUP_CHECK='1' emerge slocate

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-12-01 22:50:24 UTC]

Yeah, so rename it...

[Comment 2 Timothy Stotts 2007-12-02 00:30:33 UTC]

I have software that *requires* the presence of both groups.
Perhaps this ebuild should be modified to permit this case?

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2007-12-02 20:02:42 UTC]

sounds reasonable ... should be fixed in cvs now, thanks for being anal !

http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/slocate/slocate-2.7-r8.ebuild?r1=1.15&r2=1.16
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/slocate/slocate-3.1-r1.ebuild?r1=1.2&r2=1.3

[Comment 4 Timothy Stotts 2007-12-02 20:41:26 UTC]

thank you too.  works great.