Re: A weird compilation problem

[Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson <helgi binary is>]

Nope. I can't even imagine why on Earth any UID should be so high.

The highest UID on my machine is 1001, and those are just two users (Debian's first is 1000, as opposed to Red Hat's 500).

Quite bizarre indeed. :) I'm gonna try it at home (which is also Debian Woody), see if I have any more luck over there. I'll post the solution here if I figure this out.

Peace.
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
helgi binary is

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:45:25 -0400
"Pat Suwalski" <pat suwalski net> wrote:

> Bizarre!
> 
> I don't claim to understand your error. But would you know why the UID 
> is so high? Are there any UID's anywhere near that high on your system?!
> 
> --Pat
> 
> Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson wrote:
> > Hi, all.
> > 
> > I'm having the weirdest compilation problem I've ever had.
> > 
> > * SNIP *
> > tar: ORBit2-2.3.107/docs/internals/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 131849, gid 6014: Invalid argument
> > * SNIP *
> > 
> > I get a whole bunch of these on stderr when going through ORBit2. I tried compiling something I knew would fail, like the gnome-desktop entity, but same story. I even tried creating a user and a group with those IDs, but no luck.
> > 
> > I can't find anything about this on Google, nor the Garnome webpage. Tried looking on the ORBit website as well, but again, no luck.
> > 
> > Any ideas? Any and all help is highly appreciated.
> > 
> > Peace.
> > Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
> > helgi binary is
> 
> 
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