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Author pitrou
Recipients amaury.forgeotdarc, pitrou, sjoerd, vstinner
Date 2009-03-25.10:58:50
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I'm not sure hardcoding "2^32 - 1" in the error message is a good idea.

I also think it would be nice to have tests for the "-1" special value:
- check that chown(-1, current_gid) succeeds (and leaves the uid intact)
- check that chown(current_uid, -1) succeeds (and leaves the gid intact)
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2009-03-25 10:58:51pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, sjoerd, amaury.forgeotdarc, vstinner
2009-03-25 10:58:51pitrousetmessageid: <1237978731.54.0.5162402023.issue4591@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2009-03-25 10:58:50pitroulinkissue4591 messages
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