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

[Pádraig Brady]

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On 10/07/2024 00:31, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 7/10/24 00:35, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > 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"
>
> I also am not seeing the point of the proposed diagnostic. I daresay
> most users would be more annoyed than usefully warned by the diagnostic;
> I know I would.
>
> The rare user concerned about being in "too many" groups can run
> 'getconf NGROUPS_MAX' and 'id -G | wc -w' and compare.

Right.
Given that id can display all the groups,
it's not its responsibility to display potential limits from elsewhere.

cheers,
Pádraig