From 8da30d4d982f17cb7605a3bb0804b5561acb6e31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:48:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] sys-user.eclass: fix the "user taken" test.

---
 eclass/sys-user.eclass | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eclass/sys-user.eclass b/eclass/sys-user.eclass
index 37c4d87..8a4c426 100644
--- a/eclass/sys-user.eclass
+++ b/eclass/sys-user.eclass
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ sys-user_src_configure() {
 	fi
 
 	local current_name=$(sys-user_getname "${SYS_USER_UID}")
-	if [[ "${current_name}" != "${SYS_USER_NAME}" ]]; then
+	if [[ -n "${current_name}" ]] && \
+		   [[ "${current_name}" != "${SYS_USER_NAME}" ]]; then
 		# This UID is already taken by another user, but this
 		# specific UID was not important (we checked in
 		# pkg_pretend), so fall back to an arbitrary one.
-- 
2.43.2