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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:16:00 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net>
Cc: Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua, das@netcom.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX?
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On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 12:36:46PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
>> From Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua  Sat Jan 17 18:00:26 1998
>> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:00:26 +0200
>> From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
>> To: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net>
>> CC: das@netcom.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
>> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX?
>
>> Chuck wrote:
>
>>> FreeBSD has gid_t.  I suspect also uid_t.
>>>
>>> ?From a grep:
>>> /usr/include/sys/types.h:typedef        u_int32_t       gid_t;          /* group id */
>>>
>
>> Yes. The matter is, that FreeBSD not use them in struct passwd, i.e.passwd.git and
>> passwd.uid are int-s, when they must be gid_t and uid_t
>
>>>         Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net
>>>                 ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY
>>>
>>> Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA wrote:
>>> ?Das Devaraj wrote:
>>>         [ ... ]
>>> ?FreeBSD is not full compability with standart, (for example  have no
>>> ?uid_t and gid_t),
>>> ?but near 95%  of standart work.
>>>         [ ... ]
>>> ?    @=
>>> ?     //RSSH                              mailto://Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA
>
> Well I'll be damned!  You're right.  /usr/include/pwd.h has int in
> struct passwd.  Somebody fix, please?!

The correct way to get this done is to enter a PR.

Greg