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+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+pkgs.writeScriptBin "genid" ''
+ #! /bin/sh
+ # usage: genid NAME
+ set -euf
+
+ export PATH=${lib.makeSearchPath "bin" (with pkgs; [
+ bc
+ coreutils
+ ])}
+
+ name=$1
+ hash=$(printf %s "$name" | sha1sum | cut -d\ -f1 | tr a-f A-F)
+ echo "
+ min=2^16 # bigger than nobody and nogroup, see <nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix>
+ max=2^32 # see 2^(8*sizeof(uid_t))
+ ibase=16
+ ($hash + min) % max
+ " | bc
+''