LibC status and others...

[Dave Leimbach]

Matthew Dillon <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


>     We aren't going to be using NSS in that way... we will be using IPC
>     services for such lookups.  But if you need a getpwnam_r() it should
>     be possible to adapt the existing getpwnam() (and other functions) in
>     /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c.
> 
>     What I would do is rename, e.g., getpwnam() to getpwnam_r(), add the
>     required passwd pointer, and use the pointer instead of the static 
>     _pw_passwd.  Then write a new getpwnam() which simply aclls
>     getpwnam_r() using &_pw_passwd for the passwd pointer.

It is not implemented the way you think I fear :).  There are no static data
members in getpwnam...  Some other internal function keeps the static data.


> 
>     Would you like to have a go at making this change?  If you know any C
>     at all it should be a breeze.  If not, maybe one of the other developers
>     would like to have a go at it.  If not that, then I can do it (it would
>     take me less then 30 minutes to do).
> 

I'd like to see someone else take a pass at this since I am stymied.
[Stymied Leimy... that's what they call me...]

Dave