Re: getgrouplist segfault?

["Andrew V. Samoilov" <andrew email zp ua>]

Hello,

>> we can add and use new variable like use_getgrouplist in mc.lib.
>> Let system admins or users who defined MC_DATADIR approve this
>> setting for their systems.

> The drawback of this solution is that people should be aware of the issue
> and be aware of the flag in MC. What should be the default value for the
> setting - on or off ?

off.  Long start is better than crash.

>> I think run-time detection of this glibc misfeature is not trivial.

> How about gnu_get_libc_version() ? Does this method has any drawbacks ?

Well, I bet a lot of distros will provide patched glibc without patched VERSION.

-- 
Regards,
Andrew V. Samoilov

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