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Date:      Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:53:47 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gid_t vs. plain int
Message-ID:  <20010425095347.I1790@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010425184443.D54687@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 06:44:43PM %2B0300
References:  <20010425183640.C54687@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010425184443.D54687@ringworld.oblivion.bg>

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* Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> [010425 08:46] wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 06:36:40PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > OK.  I've (kinda) had enough.
> > 
> > Is there a reason that struct group in <group.h> does not define 'gr_gid'
> 
> of course that should read <grp.h>, not <group.h>.
> 
> > as a gid_t value, but as a plain int?  This makes all kinds of things
> > go berserk with gcc -Wall -W, and causes dozens of (totally unneeded)
> > casts.
> > 
> > Is there some standard that says pw_gid is gid_t, but gr_gid is int?
> > If not, would anyone be interested in patches (yes, I'm prepared to sweep
> > the whole source tree), making gr_gid a gid_t?

It looks like a worthy task, I would ask Bruce and Wollman about it
before taking it on if it looks like a lot of work just to make sure
it's the right thing.

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