node.module incorrectly eliminates $node->uid due to missing "global $user"

In the 6.18 -> 61.9 update, a line as follows was added into the node_form_array function.

+ $node->uid = $user->uid;

This has the undesireable effect of removing the uid for new nodes.

It needs this to fix it.

retrieving revision 1.620
diff -u -b -r1.620 node.module
--- node.module 26 Mar 2006 01:03:29 -0000 1.620
+++ node.module 26 Mar 2006 10:55:22 -0000
@@ -1681,6 +1681,8 @@
* Generate the node editing form array.
*/
function node_form_array($node) {
+ global $user;
+
node_object_prepare($node);

// Set the id of the top-level form tag