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SubjectRe: Ok, making ready for pre-2.4 and code-freeze..
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> Umh... I'd really, really like them in, I am probably going to hit 64K
> users sometime next year. It would be a shame to change OS for that or

Nod.

> rebuilding half a linux dist with a patched kernel and glibc.
> AFAIK most patches are already done and the 2.4 kernels would be a good
> reason to rebuild a dist completely ( RedHat 7 ? Debian 3 ? )
> so if this isn't it, it 'll probably have to wait until 2.6 or something..

You dont need to rebuild the distribution. Glibc apps think uids are 32bit
already. This is part of the great reason for splitting kernel and user headers.
You swap glibc and kernel the rest should fly nicely except maybe a few minor
sys5 shm glitches


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