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List:       busybox
Subject:    [BusyBox] Re: my_getpw*
From:       Erik Andersen <andersen () codepoet ! org>
Date:       2002-09-30 14:43:02
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On Mon Sep 30, 2002 at 02:28:15PM +0400, Vladimir N. Oleynik wrote:
> Hi, Erik.
> 
> my_getpw(uid/gid) and applets used it have problem:
> if username for uid not found, applets can`t detect it
> (but code pessent). Also "%8ld " format is bad:
> spaces not required (applets have self format 
> or spec format (tar applet) and overflow for "id" applet...)

Applied, thanks.

> This problem also pressent in stable version.

I will not fix this in stable.  I've only been making buxfixes
for critical problems in stable (like gzip -c deleting files),
but since this problem will not lock up a system or delete
important data, it is best to leave stable alone. 

 -Erik

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