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

[Zack Weinberg]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 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.

FWIW I concur with Mike.

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