Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

["Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org>]

On 12/8/19 2:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Sun, 2019-12-08 at 14:48 -0500, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I know that is my third time requesting a uid/gid for stunnel, but it
>> seems that my previous request was already taken but not added to the
>> uid-gid.txt file, so I didn't know about the collision.
>>
>> Speaking with mgorny on #gentoo-dev, he suggested that we start simply
>> making a request, and he'll assign the highest free value(s) at the time.
>>
>> So @mgorny, can i please have a UID and GID pair for stunnel.
>>
> 
> You misunderstood me.
> 
> I meant that if you don't care about the specific number, you just make
> a request saying you'll take the highest free UID/GID pair at the time
> (that said, please try to use matching UID/GID for convenience's sake). 
> That is, unless you want to take a specific lower number.
> 
> Since there's no point in waiting again, just look at uid-gid.txt, find
> highest free UID/GID, verify that nobody else used or requested it. 
> Then commit it, and make sure to update uid-gid.txt.
> 

Okay so when you said "i'll take highest free at the time" you meant
that's what the requester would say.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Okay, I'm requesting UID/GID = 492/492.  I'm committing in a sec.

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