Gentoo Websites Logo
Go to: Gentoo Home Documentation Forums Lists Bugs Planet Store Wiki Get Gentoo!
Bug 927349 - acct-{user,group}.eclass: use einfo instead of elog for certain informations
Summary: acct-{user,group}.eclass: use einfo instead of elog for certain informations
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Michał Górny
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-03-20 11:08 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2024-03-20 11:08 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2024-03-20 11:08:49 UTC
Hello,

I was reviewing the summary.log after a system update and I noticed that almost 80% of the recorded messages were messages like:
LOG: preinst
User sshd already exists
LOG: postinst
Updating user sshd

I can understand that they can be useful when a new group/user is created... even if that would also be useful when admin is expected to do something with those users/groups. But, for things like:
elog "Group ${ACCT_GROUP_NAME} already exists"
elog "User ${ACCT_USER_NAME} already exists"
elog "Updating user ${ACCT_USER_NAME}"

I don't think there is need on recording that information (specially taking into account the huge amount of users than can be "updated" when upgrading).

Thanks a lot