Bug 110636 – apache-2*.ebuild apache user/group not added when installing binary packages

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Mike Green 2005-10-27 11:00:19 UTC]

The enewgroup and enewuser commands are run only in src_install().  As a 
result if you install apache2 on a new box via a binary package, the apache 
user/group is not added.  Apache will fail to start since the default 
configuration is set up to run the server as user apache, group apache. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -B apache on one box 
2. emerge -G or -K on another box that has never had apache installed. 
3. 
 
Actual Results:  
The apache user/group is not added. 

Expected Results:  
There needs to be a check in somewhere like pkg_preinst() that adds the apache 
user/group if they do not exist, to account for binary package installs.

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-10-27 11:25:58 UTC]

Is Bug 98755 really fixed?

[Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-11-24 08:55:15 UTC]

This is simple enough.  Just move the enewuser/enewgroup commands to pkg_setup
from src_install.  This is causing breakages in my tinderbox runs, which means
it'll break if installing from GRP.

[Comment 3 Michael Stewart (vericgar) (RETIRED) 2005-12-10 19:01:44 UTC]

Fixed in CVS.