Re: threads/UnixWare

Actually, your getpwuid_r is the old, pre-POSIX format. The attached
email has the configure tests. I was hoping we wouldn't need them, but
it seems we may.

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Larry Rosenman wrote:
> In src/port, we have in threads.c:
>
> /*
> * Wrapper around getpwuid() or getpwuid_r() to mimic POSIX getpwuid_r()
> * behaviour, if it is not available.
> */
> int
> pqGetpwuid(uid_t uid, struct passwd * resultbuf, char *buffer,
> size_t buflen, struct passwd ** result)
> {
> #if defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R)
>
> /*
> * broken (well early POSIX draft) getpwuid_r() which returns
> 'struct
> * passwd *'
> */
> *result = getpwuid_r(uid, resultbuf, buffer, buflen);
> #else
> /* no getpwuid_r() available, just use getpwuid() */
> *result = getpwuid(uid);
> #endif
> return (*result == NULL) ? -1 : 0;
> }
>
>
> Which BREAKS if you have the correct getpwuid_r() like UnixWare does.
>
> Can someone help me with the configure checks/macros I need?
> $ grep getpwuid_r /usr/include/pwd.h
> int getpwuid_r(uid_t, struct passwd *, char *, size_t, struct passwd **);
> $
>
>
>
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