Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 32-bit UID kernel support and glibc 2 ? | From | Andreas Jaeger <> | Date | 10 Feb 2000 15:26:43 +0100 |
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>>>>> Trent Arsenault writes:
> Now that kernel 2.3.39 and beyond support 32-bit UID numbers, does anyone > know if there is any plan to build high UID support into future glibc 2 > releases?
> I've seen unofficial 32-bit UID patches for glibc 2 but nothing in the > latest development releases of glibc 2 to support 32-bit UIDs.
You seem to have overlooked them.
The development version of glibc 2.2 has (nearly [1]) all the support in. Porting those patches back for glibc 2.1.3 isn't going to happen since the patches changed quite a lot and need further testing.
Andreas
Footnotes: [1] Some patches still need to be applied.
-- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj@suse.de private aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de
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