From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11742 invoked by alias); 18 Oct 2008 06:43:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 11732 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Oct 2008 06:43:36 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from maeder.org (HELO maeder.org) (192.220.73.146) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:42:47 +0000 Received: (qmail 58015 invoked by uid 18834); 18 Oct 2008 06:42:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO maeder.org) ([127.0.0.1]) (envelope-sender ) by 127.0.0.1 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 18 Oct 2008 06:42:45 -0000 To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Cc: John Morrison , Igor Peshansky From: Herb Maeder In-reply-to: Corinna Vinschen 's message of Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:59:00 +0200. Subject: Re: invalid login gid in /etc/passwd does not show group name as 'mkgroup' Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:43:00 -0000 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-10/txt/msg00049.txt.bz2 Message-ID: <20081018064300.B4RRveF5E_jKaIYhSktND5fNuEo15kV5mkZmBtN8CmY@z> On 15 Oct 2008 16:59:00 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > To summarize, I'm proposing to: > > > > * add the 'passwd/group_GID_clash' case > > * delete the 'mkgroup_l_d' case > > * provide definitions for the special group names in the comment above > > the case statement > > * modify the statements to the user to more accurately describe the > > nature of the problem > > > > Any opinions on if these modifications are a good idea or not? > > Sounds good to me. I moved this thread to the cygwin-apps list, please > let's keep it here now. John is maintaining the base-passwd package, > but if I understood him correctly, he was going to hand over this > package to Igor. I don't recall getting a reply about this from Igor. I sent the patch to cygwin-apps in this message: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-10/msg00048.html > What happens to base-passwd now? John, do you stay maintainer? Igor, > are you taking over? If none of you is interested, are you interested > to take over maintainership, Herb? I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I don't believe that I would be a good candidate. The time I get to spend with cygwin at this level is very sporadic. If you'd like a more detailed explanation or would like to convince me otherwise, feel free to contact me personally. Herb.