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- Improve wording of UIDs/GIDs section

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Pav Lucistnik 2009-01-21 13:05:36 +00:00
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@ -12563,16 +12563,11 @@ exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/java -jar %%DATADIR%%/foo.jar "$@"</programlisting>
<para>If your port requires a certain user to be on the installed <para>If your port requires a certain user to be on the installed
system, let the <filename>pkg-install</filename> script call system, let the <filename>pkg-install</filename> script call
<command>pw</command> to create it automatically. Look at <command>pw</command> to create it automatically. Look at
<filename role="package">net/cvsup-mirror</filename> for an example. <filename role="package">sysutils/symon</filename> for an example.
Please note that this is strongly discouraged, please register Your port must use a fixed user/group ID number. You must
user/group ID numbers as stated below.</para>
<para>If your port must use the same user/group ID number when it is
installed as a binary package as when it was compiled, then you must
choose a free UID from 50 to 999 and register it either in choose a free UID from 50 to 999 and register it either in
<filename>ports/UIDs</filename> (for users) or in <filename>ports/UIDs</filename> (for users) or in
<filename>ports/GIDs</filename> (for groups). Look at <filename>ports/GIDs</filename> (for groups).</para>
<filename role="package">japanese/Wnn6</filename> for an example.</para>
<para>Make sure you do not use a UID already used by the system or <para>Make sure you do not use a UID already used by the system or
other ports.</para> other ports.</para>