[arch-general] Groups and GIDs in PKGBUILDs

[Eric Bélanger]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Paul Gideon Dann <pdgiddie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Is there a policy with regards to GIDs in packages?  Here's my scenario:
>
> When creating a PKGBUILD, I want certain files to belong to the http group.
> However, if http might have a different GID on other systems, I'll need to
> chgrp the files in the .install file, rather than the PKGBUILD, to ensure
> correct behaviour.  On the other hand, if the http group is considered a
> standard group belonging to the base system, it may be safe to perform the
> chgrp in the PKGBUILD, and I can be sure that it will map to the correct group
> when it's upacked on another system.
>
> The Mediawiki PKGBUILD in ABS performs a chown to http in the PKGBUILD.  I
> wonder if there's an official list of "safe" groups somewhere?
>

yes: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database

> Cheers,
> Paul