On 11/15/11 09:10, Jim Meyering wrote:
> I like that. Thanks!
You're welcome; I pushed it.
Similar fixes are needed for groups.c,
install.c, su.c, test.c, and whoami.c,
due to the possibility of getuid etc.
failing on GNU/Hurd.
I'll add this to my list of things to do, and
post a patch here, un
Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/15/11 05:07, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> On GNU/Hurd, no error would ever be raised (since uid_t is unsigned),
>
> Ouch. Thanks, now I understand Roland's suggestion.
> How about this patch instead?
>
> id: handle (uid_t) -1 more portably
> * src/id.c (GETID_MAY_FAIL): R
On 11/15/2011 09:59 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/15/11 05:07, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> On GNU/Hurd, no error would ever be raised (since uid_t is unsigned),
>
> Ouch. Thanks, now I understand Roland's suggestion.
> How about this patch instead?
>else
> {
> + /* POSIX says get
On 11/15/11 05:07, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> On GNU/Hurd, no error would ever be raised (since uid_t is unsigned),
Ouch. Thanks, now I understand Roland's suggestion.
How about this patch instead?
id: handle (uid_t) -1 more portably
* src/id.c (GETID_MAY_FAIL): Remove.
(main): Check for nonzero
Hi Paul,
Paul Eggert skribis:
> - if (GETID_MAY_FAIL && euid == -1 && !use_real
> + if (euid < 0 && !use_real
>&& !just_group && !just_group_list && !just_context)
> error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot get effective UID"));
On GNU/Hurd, no error would ever be ra
