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Re: [patch] Fix BZ #18660 -- overflow in getusershell

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
Cc: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov at gmail dot com>, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, GLIBC Devel <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias at stoeckmann dot org>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:19:14 -0400
Subject: Re: [patch] Fix BZ #18660 -- overflow in getusershell
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On 19 Aug 2015 17:26, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
> > how can we justify this ugly code in the name of speed ?
> 
> This ugly code was lifted directly from BSD ...

i'm aware of its history.  that doesn't justify us keeping the ugly code,
just the API.
-mike

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