[distcc] Re: Red Hat packaging patch for 0.15

[Ben Elliston]

>>>>> "Jean-Eric" == Jean-Eric Cuendet <jean-eric.cuendet at linkvest.com> writes:

  >> How about creating a "distcc" user if one does not already exist?

  Jean-Eric> That was the discussion point: don't create a distcc user when running
  Jean-Eric> rpm installation.

  Jean-Eric> While?
  Jean-Eric> - It's hard to remove

I disagree.  If the RPM is uninstalled, the "functional" user can be
removed as easily as it was added.

  Jean-Eric> - You don't know which package created/use a certain user

What if the username happened to *exactly* match the name of the
package that installed it?

Cheers, Ben