LibC status and others...
Dave Leimbach
leimySPAM2k at mac.com
Wed Dec 10 16:33:49 PST 2003
ibotty <bsd at xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 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.
> >
> > 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).
>
> well, it took me less than 30 minutes...
> but it was really simple and is most likely not correct.
>
> but maybe it is, and this way, we could concentrate on something different.
> btw: if this looks right, i may tackle the other _r's tomorrow.
>
> ~ibotty
Ok so where the hell is _pw_passwd declared? I know C fairly well but
I don't know yacc and I detect yaccisms all over the bloody place.
Dave
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