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Subject:	Re: Enscript error with passwd uid field (enscript-1.6.3-3)
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On Nov 23 11:44, Jurgen Defurne wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed enscript in the most current Cygwin
> environment (stable), end I get the following error
> when starting it.
> 
>         enscript: kan geen wachtwoord vinden voor uid=45056: No error
> 
> This is Dutch, when translating I expect to get something like :
> 
>         enscript: cannot find password for uid=45056: No error
> 
> My generated passwd file however, contains 176128, not 45046.
> 
> By replacing the former uid with the latter, the problem is solved.
> 
> However, should this still be necessary ? I thought that a long
> time ago this problem was solved ?

Enscript hasn't been updated for three years now.  It still expects
uids and gids being only 16 bit, that explains the above values.

Gerrit?  Ping?


Corinna

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