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On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 2:23 PM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Tue, 09 Feb 2021, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> >> Mh - so the obvious first feature request for the script is to also |
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> >> output Free UID+GID pairs. Counting them manually in your screenshot |
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> >> I get 36. |
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> >> That's not a whole lot; just 7% of 500. |
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> > The output was abbreviated. Here is the full output for entries where |
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> > both ids are FREE. |
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> Still, it's not an infinite resource, and maybe we shouldn't waste a |
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> pair if only one of UID or GID is needed? |
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It's possible that a package might require both a UID and a GID at |
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some point in the future. |
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If we actually start running out of low-numbered ids, we could start |
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mixing them at that point; having them match is really just a cosmetic |
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thing. |
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Or we could always just expand the permissible range. |