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Date:      Sat, 11 Jan 1997 19:04:36 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        charnier@xp11.frmug.org (Philippe Charnier)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: unused variable in su
Message-ID:  <199701110834.TAA07745@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199701110142.CAA28453@xp11.frmug.org> from Philippe Charnier at "Jan 11, 97 02:42:11 am"

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Philippe Charnier stands accused of saying:
> Hello,
> 
> In /usr/src/usr.bin/su/su.c, I get:
> line 101: char shellbuf[MAXPATHLEN];
> line 171: shell = strcpy(shellbuf,  pwd->pw_shell);
> 
> Shellbuf is not referenced elsewhere, is there any reason not to
> remove shellbuf (and adjust line 171), or is there a side effect I don't
> see?

pwd is recycled later, and shell is potentially reset later, so
this is the 'correct' way to do it.  Don't change it.

> Philippe Charnier                               charnier@lirmm.fr (smtp)       

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