Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 1999 04:00:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/3242: incorrect prototype for initgroups
Message-ID:  <199906041100.EAA68341@freefall.freebsd.org>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The following reply was made to PR bin/3242; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: bde@freebsd.org, charnier@xp11.frmug.org, davidn@freebsd.org,
	freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, ghelmer@cs.iastate.edu
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/3242: incorrect prototype for initgroups
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:50:16 +1000

 >Should the type be changed to gid_t for the group ID?  pwd.h now defines
 >the pw_gid field as a gid_t.
 
 It should be changed.  Just be careful not to break anything due to the
 type becoming unsigned.  The implementation of initgroups() has some more
 type botches.  These bugs all seem to be fixed in NetBSD.
 
 Bruce
 


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199906041100.EAA68341>