From 2fb86e2eb854e84231c9dbbeaf47caf21d75dba1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 23:16:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (get_ids): When otherwise unspecified, set uid and gid to -1.

---
 src/install.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index 4dc8716d5d..470da79a7d 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ get_ids (void)
       endpwent ();
     }
   else
-    owner_id = getuid ();
+    owner_id = (uid_t) -1;
 
   if (group_name)
     {
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ get_ids (void)
       endgrent ();
     }
   else
-    group_id = getgid ();
+    group_id = (gid_t) -1;
 }
 
 static void
-- 
2.47.3