Re: [gtk-list] still a bug with getpwuid_r [was: Re: 1.1.14

[Trog <trog gtk org>]

Doh! Should be fine then.

<wanders off to find a paper bag>

-tony


On 02-Feb-99 Sebastian Wilhelmi wrote:
> Hi,
>  
>> Doubled by whom? 
> 
> By glib: here's the source:
> 
>         do
>           {
>             g_free (buffer);
>             buffer = g_malloc (bufsize);
> 
>#    ifdef HAVE_GETPWUID_R_POSIX
>             error = getpwuid_r (getuid (), &pwd, buffer, bufsize,
> &pw);
>             error = error < 0 ? errno : error;
>#    else /* !HAVE_GETPWUID_R_POSIX */
>             pw = getpwuid_r (getuid (), &pwd, buffer, bufsize);
>             error = pw ? 0 : errno;
>#    endif /* !HAVE_GETPWUID_R_POSIX */
> 
>             bufsize *= 2; /* here the bufzise gets doubled */
>           }
>         while (error == ERANGE); /* This loop us left, whenever the
> call
>                                     to getpwuid succeded. */
> 
> 
>> Don't forget that we are working on multiple
>> architectures, and the Digital UNIX man page seems very specific.
>> 
>> I'd rather have it suffice in all situations rather than most.
> 
> I still think, it should work on DIGITAL as well.
> 
> Bye,
> Sebastian
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