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Description of problem:
pcp is using static useradd scripts

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
 	pcp-5.3.7-7.el9

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.review %pre
2.
3.

Actual results:
%pre testsuite
test -d %{_testsdir} || mkdir -p -m 755 %{_testsdir}
getent group pcpqa >/dev/null || groupadd -r pcpqa
getent passwd pcpqa >/dev/null || \
  useradd -c "PCP Quality Assurance" -g pcpqa -d %{_testsdir} -M -r -s /bin/bash pcpqa 2>/dev/null
chown -R pcpqa:pcpqa %{_testsdir} 2>/dev/null
exit 0


%pre
getent group pcp >/dev/null || groupadd -r pcp
getent passwd pcp >/dev/null || \
  useradd -c "Performance Co-Pilot" -g pcp -d %{_localstatedir}/lib/pcp -M -r -s /sbin/nologin pcp
exit 0

Expected results:
use of system-sysusers 

Additional info:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-sysusers.html
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Adopting_sysusers.d_format

This is implemented (upstream) for PCP now, will make its way into RHEL in due course.

commit b95ae907bd1c052b597b83982acb338405d4bf63 (systemd-sysusers)
Author: Nathan Scott <nathans>
Date:   Wed Jul 13 09:25:30 2022 +1000

    packaging: support dynamic systemd allocation of system uid/gid
    
    Resolves Red Hat BZ #2095445

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (pcp bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2180