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

[Andreas Schwab]

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 ...

Andreas.

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