[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] useradd-staticids.bbclass: Do not require trailing colons

[Burton, Ross]

On 23 October 2015 at 11:38, Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt at axis.com
> wrote:

> -                        field = line.rstrip().split(":")
> +                        # Make sure there always are at least seven
> elements in
> +                        # the field list. This allows for leaving out
> trailing
> +                        # colons in the passwd file.
> +                        line = line.rstrip() + "::::::"
> +                        field = line.split(":")
>

It's a stylist thing but I prefer padding the field list instead of
manipulating the input string. Something like

  field = line.strip().split(":")
  field += [''] * (7 - len(field))

Ross
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