unsigned < 0 test ?

[Herb Lewis]

andreas moroder wrote:
> 
> I hope I am not wrong, but gid and uid are unsigned variables ( on linux ) .
> If this is true the <0 condition is allways false and not necessary.
> Are there systems around where the type uid_t is signed ?
> 

Well in 64 bit IRIX versions it is defined as

typedef __int32_t       uid_t;
typedef __int32_t       gid_t;
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