16277 2026-05-01 13:11:50 +0000 useradd.bbclass calls groupmems with unsupported option --prefix 2026-05-28 14:50:58 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core core 5.3 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED High normal 6.1 M1 1 ross.burton peter.kjellerstedt meta.mr.watcher meta.watcher peter.kjellerstedt randy.macleod richard.purdie ross.burton --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 105339 0 ross.burton 2026-05-01 13:11:50 +0000 In master we switched useradd.bbclass to use --prefix instead of --root, but groupmems (as exposed via GROUPMEMS_PARAM) doesn't support this option: NOTE: parsec-service: Running groupmems command with group tss and user parsec groupmems: unrecognized option '--prefix' Usage: groupmems [options] [action] This is used in the parsec recipe in meta-security and nowhere else that I can see. groupmems only supports --root. You could patch groupmems to add --prefix but upstream shadow deleted groupmems recently in 388ce70: */: groupmems(8): Remove program The utility is redundant for root and effectively broken for regular users across major distributions, its continued maintenance adds complexity for little to no benefit. I propose that we delete the GROUPMEMS_PARAM support from the useradd class and replace it with USERMOD_PARAMS that invokes the usermod tool (that does support prefix). The arguments do not match so we can't just keep the variable but change the tool. Tasks: - Add USERMOD_PARAMS variable, callers, and documentation - Delete GROUPMEMS_PARAM and mark as replaced by USERMOD_PARAMS - Add test case for USERMOD_PARAMS - Update parsec recipe 105362 1 peter.kjellerstedt 2026-05-06 08:26:13 +0000 I've assigned this issue to me. Since this feature does not seem to be used by many others while we have more than 300 recipes that rely on GROUPMEMS_PARAM, I believe it makes sense for us to fix it. 105363 2 5214 ross.burton 2026-05-06 09:37:16 +0000 Created attachment 5214 WIP patch This is my work-in-progress. The plan was to step through all the places where "groupmems" appeared and add support for usermod (so that piece can be backported if needed), then delete all the groupmems support and add a deprecation alert on the variable name. Note that I hadn't yet found all the instances of groupmems in oe-core's code, this is very much _in progress_. 105364 3 ross.burton 2026-05-06 09:50:33 +0000 And obviously write a test case for USERMOD_PARAMS so we'd notice if it broke. 105433 4 randy.macleod 2026-05-14 14:52:33 +0000 YP BZ meeting notes: Patch in review. Trying to figure if the backport is possible and/or sensible for the project. 105648 5 richard.purdie 2026-05-28 14:50:58 +0000 https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=cec67e24ac94554e092f8ab18b42e09b4feba77e 5214 2026-05-06 09:37:16 +0000 2026-05-06 09:37:16 +0000 WIP patch 0001-Add-USERMOD_PARAM.patch text/plain 5506 ross.burton RnJvbSA4MGY3ZWUwM2I5NTg1NzcwNmVhNzhjNjQ0ZDdmOGU5MDJmZjhlOGEwIE1vbiBTZXAgMTcg MDA6MDA6MDAgMjAwMQpGcm9tOiBSb3NzIEJ1cnRvbiA8cm9zcy5idXJ0b25AYXJtLmNvbT4KRGF0 ZTogV2VkLCA2IE1heSAyMDI2IDEwOjM0OjQ2ICswMTAwClN1YmplY3Q6IFtQQVRDSF0gQWRkIFVT RVJNT0RfUEFSQU0KCi0tLQogbWV0YS9jbGFzc2VzLWdsb2JhbC9wYWNrYWdlLmJiY2xhc3MgfCAg MiArLQogbWV0YS9jbGFzc2VzL3VzZXJhZGQuYmJjbGFzcyAgICAgICAgfCAzMCArKysrKysrKysr KysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKy0tLQogMiBmaWxlcyBjaGFuZ2VkLCAyOCBpbnNlcnRpb25zKCspLCA0 IGRlbGV0aW9ucygtKQoKZGlmZiAtLWdpdCBhL21ldGEvY2xhc3Nlcy1nbG9iYWwvcGFja2FnZS5i YmNsYXNzIGIvbWV0YS9jbGFzc2VzLWdsb2JhbC9wYWNrYWdlLmJiY2xhc3MKaW5kZXggNjcxNDhm 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