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user-uid and 32bit uids
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Pavel Janík |
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user-uid and 32bit uids |
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Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:16:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.0.106 |
Hi,
user-uid is returning Lisp integer (which is 28 bit), but returned value
from getuid is uid_t which can be larger e.g. on systems with newer Linux
kernels. Users who have large UIDs can have problems (as in other
applications ;-). E.g. in VC which checks for uid == 0 etc.
--
Pavel Janík
Emacs byte compiler is a VW Bug. This code makes it be a VW Bug with fuel
injection and a turbocharger...
-- An unknown author in GNU Emacs about Emacs's byte-opt
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