Re: Bug#134658: ITP: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 1.1 core support package
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Christopher Yeoh wrote:
> So does anyone out there have any objections to removing the
> requirement that the uid and gid of the bin user be 1?
We put it in there for a reason, and so far, I don't think anyone has
correctly recalled the reason. Unfortunately, it was done so long ago that
I don't remember all of the details either.
I think part of the reason for having added this was that this was an area
where divergence was beginning to occur, and those participating at the time
felt that we should specify the common practice to prevent further divergence.
Before we make a change here, some one should look through the archive, and
try to summarize the discussions that let to it being added in the first place.
> If no one
> comes up with a good reason in the next week I'll just remove it.
Unfortunately, we can't just remove it. It has been published as part
of the standard. What we can do, however, is to mark that portion as
"deprecated" and remove it in a future release.
Stuart
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