Re: [arch-general] User/group name restrictions

2019-05-24 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 5/23/19 7:08 PM, Eli Schwartz wrote: > Given that your initial post does specifically state that you are > patching the package in order to allow it, I will assume that nothing I > just said about upstream's intentions is remotely surprising to you -- > you would have to know that it's enforced

Re: [arch-general] User/group name restrictions

2019-05-24 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 5/24/19 4:03 AM, Andy Pieters wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:08 AM Eli Schwartz via arch-general < > arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > >> Given that your initial post does specifically state that you are >> patching the package in order to allow it, I will assume that nothing I >> just

Re: [arch-general] User/group name restrictions

2019-05-24 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op vr 24 mei 2019 07:52 schreef Spencer Collyer : > [...] > > > > The following (taken from > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/things-every-hacker-once-knew/) may be > relevant here: > > "The very earliest VDTs, like the ASR-33 before them, could form only > upper-case letters. An interesting hangove

Re: [arch-general] User/group name restrictions

2019-05-24 Thread Andy Pieters
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:08 AM Eli Schwartz via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Given that your initial post does specifically state that you are > patching the package in order to allow it, I will assume that nothing I > just said about upstream's intentions is remotely surp

Re: [arch-general] User/group name restrictions

2019-05-23 Thread Spencer Collyer
On Thu, 23 May 2019 19:08:22 -0400, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > On 5/23/19 3:15 PM, Andy Pieters wrote: > > Hi > > > > This is something I gotten used to live with for a very long time > > now, patching the shadow package every time it is updated to allow > > capitals in the user/group

Re: [arch-general] User/group name restrictions

2019-05-23 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 5/23/19 3:15 PM, Andy Pieters wrote: > Hi > > This is something I gotten used to live with for a very long time now, > patching the shadow package every time it is updated to allow capitals in > the user/group names. > > I've often meant to write in to ask why and this is that glorious day. >