From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7717: 24.0.50; "games" user is hardcoded in build system Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:14:07 +0800 Message-ID: <874o9wj0g0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <19731.2586.417212.58988@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293621839 22387 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2010 11:23:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:23:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7717-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ulrich Mueller Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 29 12:23:54 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXu8I-0007YN-2b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:23:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58331 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXu8H-0001mz-CF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:23:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41773 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXu7q-0001am-Mm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:23:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXu7p-0005eU-4o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:23:26 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52133) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXu7p-0005eP-34 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:23:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXtsw-0006bM-Fz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:08:02 -0500 Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:08:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 7717 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Mail-Followup-To: 7717@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com Original-Received: via spool by 7717-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D7717.129362084125327 (code D ref 7717); Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:08:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7717-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Dec 2010 11:07:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXtsH-0006aS-C7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:07:21 -0500 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-05.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.146]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PXtsF-0006aG-Lb for 7717-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:07:19 -0500 Original-Received: from furball (bb220-255-229-62.singnet.com.sg [220.255.229.62]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-05.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oBTBE9g9027923 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:14:11 -0500 Original-Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CDF81160C98; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:14:07 +0800 (SGT) In-Reply-To: <19731.2586.417212.58988@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> (Ulrich Mueller's message of "Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:36:42 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.146 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:08:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42909 Archived-At: Ulrich Mueller writes: > The build system of Emacs currently hardcodes the "games" user that is > used for shared score files in ${localstatedir}. While usage of that > account name may be widespread, it is not universal. For example, in > Gentoo the name is configurable. > > Since a variable "gameuser" and the autoconf plumbing for it already > exist, the only missing piece is a configure option. See attached > patch. Looks reasonable. Committed to trunk; thanks.