[systemd-devel] Custom nobody user/group name not equivalent

[Opty]

Hello,

when using

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  -Dnobody-user=overflowuid \
  -Dnobody-group=overflowgid \
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in Slackware I got

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../meson.build:1081: WARNING:
The configured user name "overflowuid" and group name "overflowgid" of
the nobody user/group are not equivalent.
Please re-check that both "nobody-user" and "nobody-group" options are
correctly set.
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because of

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commit 8374cc623579e57ae79b62fce2f11627957148e2
Author: Yu Watanabe <watanabe.yu+github at gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Dec 7 17:19:11 2017 +0900

    meson: warn if nobody-user and nobody-group are set to different name

    It may work, but is very strange. So, let's warn about that.

    v2:
    Debian uses nobody and nogroup. Do not warn such case.
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Why do you find different names "very strange" but allow Debian to use
nobody and nogroup?

I have disabled e-mail delivery so Cc me please.

Regards,
Opty