[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Add a man page for rpm sysusers integration (PR #4126)

[Panu Matilainen]

@pmatilai commented on this pull request.



> +
+- Suffix *u* with an exclamation mark (*!*) to create a fully locked account
+  (recommended)
+- Use a dash (*-*) as _UID_/_GID_ for automatic number allocation (recommended)
+- _FILE_ is an absolute path to a file whose UID/GID should be used
+- _LINE_ uses *Line format* with the fields passed as macro arguments
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+RPM has native support for declarative user and group creation by integrating
+with the *sysusers.d*(5) format (introduced by systemd). Packagers only need to
+drop one or more files to _/usr/lib/sysusers.d/_ and RPM will handle the rest,
+such as dependency generation and the invocation of *systemd-sysusers*(8) during
+the build and installation, respectively.
+
+Vendors on non-systemd platforms can enable the feature by shipping any missing

Yet another idea could be documenting it in the DEPENDENCIES section from the angle that if you for whatever reason need to create these dependencies, use this with the -b option instead of rolling your own. And then briefly mention the non-native use option in PORTABILITY maybe.

My main regret is the macro name, something like encode_sysuser would've been much saner. Names, oh names :facepalm: 

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