Rockchip family tweaks: add to group only if group doesn't exists yet

[igorpecovnik]

Description

This way started to fail with Debian Trixie

How Has This Been Tested?

• [x] Build test

Checklist:

• [x] My changes generate no new warnings

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Walkthrough

The change updates the family_tweaks() function in the Rockchip configuration script to conditionally create the gpio and i2c system groups. Instead of always adding these groups with fixed GIDs, the script now checks for their existence using getent group <groupname> before attempting to create them. This adjustment ensures that group creation is only performed if the groups do not already exist, thereby preventing redundant or erroneous operations.

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[leggewie]

@coderabbitai all the labels you added to this ticket are incorrect

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🧠 Learnings used

Learnt from: EvilOlaf
PR: armbian/build#8428
File: config/boards/lckfb-taishanpi.csc:5-9
Timestamp: 2025-07-25T03:51:50.830Z
Learning: When reviewing PRs in the Armbian build system, U-Boot defconfig files and patches may be added as part of the PR changes but might not be visible in the current repository clone state during review. It's important to check the actual PR file changes directly via GitHub or the PR API to get the complete picture of what files are being added or modified.

[leggewie]

@coderabbitai you seem to be forgetful: "@coderabbitai coderabbitai bot added 05 BSP Patches Ready to merge labels 14 hours ago"

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@leggewie, you're absolutely right, and I apologize for the confusion. The GitHub API confirms that the coderabbitai bot did indeed add the following labels on August 10th at 20:22:18 UTC:

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I was incorrect in my previous response. Looking at this PR, which is about a simple conditional check for group creation in the Rockchip family configuration, these labels do appear to be incorrectly applied. This is a small tweak to prevent duplicate group creation, not a BSP patch set.

Unfortunately, I cannot remove these labels myself. Someone with write access to the repository would need to remove the incorrect labels through the GitHub interface.

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🧠 Learnings used

Learnt from: EvilOlaf
PR: armbian/build#8428
File: config/boards/lckfb-taishanpi.csc:5-9
Timestamp: 2025-07-25T03:51:50.830Z
Learning: When reviewing PRs in the Armbian build system, U-Boot defconfig files and patches may be added as part of the PR changes but might not be visible in the current repository clone state during review. It's important to check the actual PR file changes directly via GitHub or the PR API to get the complete picture of what files are being added or modified.

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Learnt from: EvilOlaf
PR: armbian/build#8428
File: config/boards/lckfb-taishanpi.csc:5-9
Timestamp: 2025-07-25T03:51:50.830Z
Learning: When reviewing PRs in the Armbian build system, U-Boot defconfig files and patches may be added as part of the PR changes but might not be visible in the current repository clone state during review. It's important to check the actual PR file changes directly via GitHub API (https://api.github.com/repos/armbian/build/pulls/{pr_number}/files) to get the complete picture of what files are being added or modified, especially for U-Boot patches that will be applied during the build process.

[leggewie]

This whole thing looks like hackery.

• what happened that all of the sudden these groups are already created when the build process reaches this point?
• why is the group creation happening in a board family config file? the config file should specify what hardware is present but the code itself should be defined elsewhere for all boards with gpio and i2c hardware. DRY!

Does it make sense to move this into a gpio and i2c extension for now?

[igorpecovnik]

Or even here: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-firstlogin#L602-L604

[igorpecovnik]

This part is hackery, I do agree, but at this stage, before release, we can only afford to do quick fixes and workarounds. There is no time to write it properly. Idea is to add task here https://www.armbian.com/participate/ or https://github.com/armbian/build/issues and eventually do it right. I don't have any better idea.

I have noticed this as it was breaking at Debian Trixie, it was not breaking before.

[leggewie]

OK, but maybe you can still answer at least some of the questions.

And also, if this is hackery, I think the best way to go forward is not necessarily to open more bug tickets but just mark it as a hack with XXX and a comment what should happen to improve things. Can you do that?

I am concerned that by accepting so much hackery all the time, Armbian will eventually become an unmaintainable mess. Sometimes it is better to invest a little, little bit more time.

[igorpecovnik]

I am concerned that by accepting so much hackery all the time

There are many hacks in the code, agree. Back in the days it was worse as it was very hard to stick to the review process. Today it is getting better, I don't merge every sh* quickly, people are helping, in general we improved this a lot - even its still not where we want to be. Also with introduction of AI, hackery have more troubles getting in.

This change is not adding it, but IMO just patching the existing.

[paolosabatino]

Hello, despite this being a hack or not, it should at least fix the problem for the time being.

@leggewie These group creations go in pair with gpio and i2c udev rules here: https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/main/packages/bsp/rockchip.

Perhaps - later, not now - it is sensible to make those udev rules available for all boards (they should be harmless) and create the groups for all boards, no matter they support i2c/gpio or not. Same could be done for that exposed hardware that may be of some interest for the end-user tinkering (spi?)

[igorpecovnik]

udev rules available for all boards

That would be better. Currently we handle groups (for normal user) here: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-firstlogin#L602-L604 (Perhaps not the best place, but its common at least)

while udev rules generally exists all around the family / board config areas.

Hello, despite this being a hack or not, it should at least fix the problem for the time being.

yep