[arch-general] Improve the filesystem package

[Leonid Isaev]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 02:42:27PM +0200, Alain Kalker wrote:
> On 08/20/2014 02:04 PM, Alain Kalker wrote:
> >Also, why ship the /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow files at all?
> >AFAIK, nothing is supposed to mess with the shadow files anyway, except
> >pwconv and grpconv (for initially converting a freshly installed,
> >non-shadow system into one using shadow files), after which these files
> >should be managed by the shadow system itself, in response to
> >adding/removing/changing users and groups using the designated tools.
> 
> From `man pwconv`:
> 
> > Each program acquires the necessary locks before conversion.

Except that sometimes a package installs files owned by a _new_ user. So one
needs some "basic" groups to exist _before_ high-level packages are unpacked.

Shipping these users/groups only in un-shadowed files will lead to pwck/grck
complaints...

HTH,
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Leonid Isaev
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