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SubjectRe: 32-bit UID kernel support and glibc 2 ?
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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.

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Andreas Jaeger
SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
private aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de

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