GNU bug report logs - #79034
id -nG not working nor id USERNAME

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From: Michael Colvin <s1519396 <at> student.mcckc.edu>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: id -nG not working nor id USERNAME
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:22:17 -0500

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Hope this helps....

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Message #8 received at 79034 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Michael Colvin <s1519396 <at> student.mcckc.edu>, 79034 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79034: id -nG not working nor id USERNAME
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:11:37 +0100

On 16/07/2025 11:22, Michael Colvin wrote:
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> Hope this helps....

So `id` is behaving like `id --help`.
That suggests the getopt_long() used on your system
is returning CHAR_MIN-2 always.

thanks,
Padraig.

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