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. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [alfred@freebsd.org] Daemon News Magazine in your snail-mail! http://magazine.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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