Because the user git doesn't get deleted when removing (emerge -C) gitosis, it doesn't get created when installing gitolite. Of course this is difficult, but at least a warning should be issued, if the user can't be created. I'm pretty sure gitolite doesn't work without gits home directory set to /var/lib/gitolite. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge gitosis 2. emerge -C gitosis 3. emerge gitolite-gentoo Actual Results: cat /etc/passwd | grep git git:x:101:1002:added by portage for gitosis:/var/spool/gitosis:/bin/sh Expected Results: cat /etc/passwd | grep git git:x:101:110:added by portage for gitolite-gentoo:/var/lib/gitolite:/bin/bash
Fixed in CVS, thanks :)
Instead of adding a warning[1], why don't you just change the HOME directly? (There is a precedent for this in net-misc/openntpd-3.9_p1-r2) [1]: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-vcs/gitolite-gentoo/gitolite-gentoo-1.5.8.1-r1.ebuild?r1=1.1&r2=1.2
(In reply to comment #2) > Instead of adding a warning[1], why don't you just change the HOME directly? > (There is a precedent for this in net-misc/openntpd-3.9_p1-r2) > > [1]: > http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-vcs/gitolite-gentoo/gitolite-gentoo-1.5.8.1-r1.ebuild?r1=1.1&r2=1.2 > I'm not sure if I would like that.. Example: You're still using gitosis (prod.) and you install gitolite because you plan to migrate and you want to prepare everything first. It would cause trouble because gitosis's HOME would be different from now on.
