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Article #1071Re: getgrnam(3) bug
From: Computer Center
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1988 00:12
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1988 00:12
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In article <777@yabbie.rmit.oz>, rcodi@yabbie.rmit.oz (Ian Donaldson) writes: > From article <123000002@ishmael>, by cball@ishmael: > ... > > A more natural extension would be the use of a line continuation character. > > I suggest the following: > > > > testgroup:*:1234:somebody,somebodyelse,\ > > myself,yourself > > Whilst this sounds a good idea initially, I suspect it would break more > code than its worth. > ... > I suspect a lot of maintenance scripts out there would break instantly. But nothing out there is using it so nothing would break; only if you want to _use_ the _extension_ would you need to look at local code for needed mods. Anyone satisfied by the existing facility would not be affected. Thos Sumner (thos@cca.ucsf.edu) BITNET: thos@ucsfcca (The I.G.) (...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos) OS|2 -- an Operating System for puppets. #include <disclaimer.std>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!mtunx!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!root From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Computer Center) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: getgrnam(3) bug Summary: Nothing working would break Message-ID: <1281@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Date: 9 Jun 88 00:12:15 GMT References: <123000002@ishmael> <777@yabbie.rmit.oz> Organization: Computer Center, UCSF Lines: 25