Re: pkg/44068: Mailman's build process uses uid/gid of 'daemon' instead of 'mailman' and breaks package

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/44068; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/44068: Mailman's build process uses uid/gid of 'daemon'
 instead of 'mailman' and breaks package
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:22:47 +0000

 On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:50:04PM +0000, andras%freeshell.de@localhost wrote:
  >  >   > Edit /usr/pkgsrc/mail/mailman/Makefile
  >  >   > 
  >  >   > Changes made:
  >  >   >   MAILMAN_USER?=          mailman
  >  >   >   MAILMAN_GROUP?=         mailman
  >  >  
  >  >  The mailman package makefile has defined MAILMAN_USER and
  >  >  MAILMAN_GROUP this way since the package was first imported in 2002.
  >  >  
  >  >  Is your pkgsrc tree corrupted?
  >  
  > The pkgsrc tree was freshly untared from pkgsrc-current. Is it
  > possible that a long build process including lots of packages
  > (using pkg_rolling-replace) corrupts the pkgsrc tree?
 
 It's *possible* (after all, we're talking about computers) but it
 seems extremely unlikely. Then again, what you're describing is
 unlikely anyhow. Just to be clear, you're saying that the mailman
 package makefile (/usr/pkgsrc/mail/mailman/Makefile) contained
 
    MAILMAN_USER?=      daemon
    MAILMAN_GROUP?=     daemon
 
 when you untarred? Which tarball did you use and where did you get it
 from?
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost