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Re: Can't create users and groups



On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 22:30 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> Sorry, I wasn't clear.  You can't rely on creating users during the build 
> process, as the place you build does not always equal the place you install.  
> You _have_ to be able to build without creating the users.  You use %pre to 
> create the users as %pre is executed on the host that you're installing the 
> package on, before the package files are put in place.  %pre creates the 
> user, %defatter defines that the files should be owned by said user when 
        ^^^^^^^^^
I'm sorry to be so nitpicky, but shouldn't this be %defattr?
 
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John Guthrie
guthrie counterexample org


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