>If this were to be changed, and not made dynamic, why not make it into a
>config option?

That is part of the other problem ... several utilities and library
code use NGROUPS in array definitions ... so to increase NGROUPS at
current, one needs to recompile userland.  That is part of what I'd
like to see changed.  Then a config option could be nice. 

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