sys-user.eclass: don't remove users under normal circumstances.

[mjo-overlay.git] / eclass / sys-user.eclass

diff --git a/eclass/sys-user.eclass b/eclass/sys-user.eclass
index 56e7bc43bfa3e56407ab8f0d66f77d9d708adfdc..e14cdfb733ec1a5947f8f681f1ef341b449c917d 100644 (file)
--- a/eclass/sys-user.eclass
+++ b/eclass/sys-user.eclass
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ EXPORT_FUNCTIONS pkg_pretend src_unpack src_configure src_compile src_install sr
 
 : ${HOMEPAGE:="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Mjo/GLEP:User_packages"}
 : ${DESCRIPTION:="The ${PN} system user"}
+: ${LICENSE="GPL-2"}
 
 # If you want a different username, use a different package name. This
 # prevents different people from claiming the same username.
@@ -270,11 +271,16 @@ sys-user_pkg_prerm() {
                # We have successfully done nothing.
                ewarn "Tried to remove nonexistent user ${SYS_USER_NAME}."
        elif [[ -z "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]]; then
-               # The user to remove exists, and this is not an upgrade, so
-               # we really do remove him.
-               userdel "${SYS_USER_NAME}" || \
-                       die "failed to remove user ${SYS_USER_NAME}"
-               einfo "Removed user ${SYS_USER_NAME} from the system."
+               # The user to remove exists, and this is not an upgrade. For
+               # Phase 1, we maintain the status quo and simply refuse to
+               # remove him (unless you know what you are doing).
+               if [[ "${I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING}" == "yes" ]]; then
+                       userdel "${SYS_USER_NAME}" || \
+                               die "failed to remove user ${SYS_USER_NAME}"
+                       einfo "Removed user ${SYS_USER_NAME} from the system."
+               else
+                       die "refusing to remove package for system user ${SYS_USER_NAME}"
+               fi
 
                # The missing case: if the user exists and this is an upgrade,
                # we leave the user alone to be modified in