bug#72012: [PATCH] id: Warn if user in more groups than `id` can reliably print

[Pádraig Brady]

On 09/07/2024 21:15, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The point is just to emit a warning when this happens. Sure it is rare but the 
> fix is pretty safe to apply.

OK so id(1) will always show all groups it knows about.
Then the warning message might be along the lines of:

  "warning: User '%s' is a member of more groups than the current system limit"

For reference I see a summary of limits of various systems at:
https://www.j3e.de/ngroups.html

cheers,
Pádraig