[Pkg-shadow-devel] Re: Bug#280212: (forw) Bug#280212: lastlog: fails when high UIDs are present

Tomasz Kłoczko kloczek@zie.pg.gda.pl
Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:06:40 +0100 (CET)


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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Christian Perrier wrote:

> Quoting Tomasz K=B3oczko (kloczek@zie.pg.gda.pl):
>
>> From current shadow CVS tree NEWS file:
>>
>> shadow-4.0.6 -> shadow-4.0.7
>>
>> [..]
>> - fixed large file support in lastlog and faillog:
>> -- added AC_SYS_LARGEFILE macro to autoconf,
>> -- use fseeko() instead fseek() and remove casting file ofsets to unsign=
ed
>>    long.
>>
>> So upcomming shadow 4.0.7 will be LFS compliant :^)
>
>
> But upcoming 4.0.7 will not be in Debian...:-)

OK but I',m only inform about fact LFS specyfic auditing was performed in=
=20
case shadow :)

> However, I guess that adding the patch for this to the 4.0.3 we use is
> not that big deal. Do you by chance of the patch for the above fix
> available?
>
> (looks like it's more and more time for me to switch the Debian
> specific patches to dpatch in the current version)

Personaly I see only one thing which will must be prepared before this=20
kind move (for recive in all possible points step forward effect): Debian
patches contain fr man pages which will be good update to CVS version of
en man pages. I don't know/remember who was pepare this translation but
will be good inform this man about some things on this area are not=20
finished.

kloczek
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