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  r77007 | gregory.p.smith | 2009-12-23 01:31:11 -0800 (Wed, 23 Dec 2009) | 3 lines

  Fix possible integer overflow in lchown and fchown functions.  For issue1747858.
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 - Issue #7084: Fix a (very unlikely) crash when printing a list from one
   thread, and mutating it from another one.  Patch by Scott Dial.
 
+- Issue #1747858: Fix lchown & fchown to work with large uid's and gid's on
+  64-bit platforms.
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