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From:	FischRon DOT external AT infineon DOT com
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc:	ptsekov AT gmx DOT net
Subject:	RE: mc segfaults
Date:	Thu, 5 Jun 2003 15:59:31 +0200
MIME-Version:	1.0

>On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 FischRon DOT external AT infineon DOT com wrote:
>
>> >> Starting mc or mcedit causes the following assertion violation:
>> >>
>> >> ** CRITICAL **: file /tmp/build/mc-4.6.0/src/utilunix.c: line 81
>> >> (init_groups):
>> >> assertion `pwd != NULL' failed.
>> >> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>Okay, Ronald, you're suffering from the UID wrapping problem.  
>Cygwin UIDs
>are currently 16 bit, so any number higher than 65535 will get wrapped
>(and did).  You can change your UID to any unique number smaller than
>65535 (56297 should do as well as any other).  I don't know that that's
>the cause of your mc problem, but it's something to fix nonetheless.
>
>If it turns out to fix your problem, it's a bug in 'mc', IMO.

It indeed does fix the problem!

Thank you.

Ronald

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