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To: bde@zeta.org.au
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Subject: Re: getegid() on -current?
From: Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= <max@wide.ad.jp>
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    >> Recently, I've noticed that getegid() don't seem to be working
    >> right.  For example, nethack complains it can't write into its
    >> score board directory, although nethack binary is setegid (to
    >> group games), and the directory in question is group writable.

    bde> Perhaps it depends on _POSIX_SAVED_IDS semantics for saved
    bde> ids.  -current and 2.2 no longer support this.

I recompiled nethack and now it works.  Maybe that was because of what
you suggest, although I don't have correct knowledge about what it is.

Probably, some packages in packages-current and in packages-2.2 need
to be rebuilt.

     Thanks,
Max