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Re: New release time?
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> It's ok, I don't say a word about that anymore. I was just trying to
> avoid problems. No, nobody has to create a new package and yes, all
> applications will still run as before. No need to hurry. Everything's
> fine.
To avoid problems during the transition we want to prevent the use
of uids >= 64k. This could be done simply by checking $UID in /etc/profile
and issuing an error message (as is the case today, except we can make it
clearer). I'll now shut up and repackage ASAP anyway.
Pierre