Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:

> On 12/9/25 03:56, Alyssa Ross wrote:
>> This will allow us to give shadow's useradd /run as a prefix, and have
>> it be able to add users at runtime.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
>> ---
>>  host/rootfs/file-list.mk                         |  6 ++++--
>>  host/rootfs/image/etc/group                      | 16 +---------------
>>  host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd                     |  2 +-
>>  .../etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/group  |  0
>>  .../run-image/etc}/group.license                 |  0
>>  .../etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/passwd |  0
>>  .../run-image/etc}/passwd.license                |  0
>
> Is git somehow generating wrong diffstats?

It just generates extremely confusing output when you replace a file
with a symlink.

>>  7 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>  mode change 100644 => 120000 host/rootfs/image/etc/group
>>  mode change 100644 => 120000 host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
>>  copy host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/group (100%)
>>  rename host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/group.license (100%)
>>  copy host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/passwd (100%)
>>  rename host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/passwd.license (100%)
>> 
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/file-list.mk b/host/rootfs/file-list.mk
>> index df22bce..6ab78e6 100644
>> --- a/host/rootfs/file-list.mk
>> +++ b/host/rootfs/file-list.mk
>> @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
>>  FILES = \
>>  	image/etc/fonts/fonts.conf \
>>  	image/etc/fstab \
>> -	image/etc/group \
>>  	image/etc/init \
>>  	image/etc/login \
>>  	image/etc/parse-devname \
>> -	image/etc/passwd \
>>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/env/WAYLAND_DISPLAY \
>>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/env/XDG_RUNTIME_DIR \
>> +	image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group \
>> +	image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd \
>>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/getty-tty1/run \
>>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/getty-tty2/run \
>>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/getty-tty3/run \
>> @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ FILES = \
>>  
>>  LINKS = \
>>  	image/bin \
>> +	image/etc/group \
>> +	image/etc/passwd \
>>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/opengl-driver \
>>  	image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/vmm/template/run \
>>  	image/lib \
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group b/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
>> deleted file mode 100644
>> index e3ade46..0000000
>> --- a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
>> +++ /dev/null
>> @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
>> -root:x:0:root
>> -clock:x:1:
>> -dialout:x:2:
>> -kmem:x:3:
>> -input:x:4:
>> -tty:x:5:
>> -video:x:6:
>> -render:x:7:
>> -sgx:x:8:
>> -audio:x:9:
>> -lp:x:10:
>> -disk:x:11:
>> -cdrom:x:12:
>> -tape:x:13:
>> -kvm:x:14:
>
> Why is this file deleted and not renamed?

git considers it a copy (see below) followed by a deletion and
replacement with symlink.  It is, effectively, renamed.

>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group b/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
>> new file mode 120000
>> index 0000000..a9b248e
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
>> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
>> +/run/etc/group
>
> ../run/etc/group?

Okay, makes sense.

>> \ No newline at end of file
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd b/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
>> deleted file mode 100644
>> index 29f3b25..0000000
>> --- a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
>> +++ /dev/null
>> @@ -1 +0,0 @@
>> -root:x:0:0:System administrator:/:/bin/sh
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd b/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
>> new file mode 120000
>> index 0000000..889bb76
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
>> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
>> +/run/etc/passwd
>
> ../run/etc/passwd?
>
>> \ No newline at end of file
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group
>> similarity index 100%
>> copy from host/rootfs/image/etc/group
>> copy to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group.license b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group.license
>> similarity index 100%
>> rename from host/rootfs/image/etc/group.license
>> rename to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group.license
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd
>> similarity index 100%
>> copy from host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
>> copy to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd
>> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd.license b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd.license
>> similarity index 100%
>> rename from host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd.license
>> rename to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd.license
>> 
>> base-commit: d0efa283216ebc503b4b715c051518ae7dbd8409
>
>
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)