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On Monday, November 28, 2016 10:42:54 AM EST Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Generally speaking as a fellow who maintained thousands of systems (many of |
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> which ran various operating systems.) |
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> You cannot rely on all OS vendors to synchronize uid / gid. You cannot even |
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> rely on some single vendors to synchronize uid / gids between releases of |
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> their own products. |
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I believe the main reason such is the case is a lack of any such list or |
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database for others to adhere to. Once again an area Gentoo could be leading. |
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Had Gentoo done this years ago others might have adopted. |
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IMHO it is something that should be a part of LSB. If not POSIX in general. |
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One cannot really change the past or current state of things. But can make the |
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future better. |
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For now who cares about other OS or distros. If Gentoo gets its house in order |
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others may follow. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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