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Date:      Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:44:43 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: gid_t vs. plain int
Message-ID:  <20010425184443.D54687@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <20010425183640.C54687@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 06:36:40PM %2B0300
References:  <20010425183640.C54687@ringworld.oblivion.bg>

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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?

G'luck,
Peter

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