Re: [HACKERS] 7.4.2 Build broken on (Sparc) Solaris 7 and

Joe Conway wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > OK, patch attached and applied.  It adds configure tests for the 5-arg
> > version of getpwuid_r() and properly falls back to the Posix draft
> > version you have on Solaris.  Seems Solaris 9 also still has the draft
> > version.
>
> > !     result = getpwuid_r(uid, resultbuf, buffer, buflen);
>
> Bruce,
>
> I'm getting core dumps on:
>
>    7.4.2 with this patch
>    bash-2.03$ uname -a
>    SunOS col65 5.8 Generic_108528-27 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
>
> Shouldn't the line above actually be:
>
>     *result = getpwuid_r(uid, resultbuf, buffer, buflen);
>
> The manpage shows this:
>    struct passwd *getpwuid_r(uid_t  uid,  struct  passwd  *pwd,
>                              char *buffer, int buflen);
>
> and the function's parameter is this:
>    struct passwd **result
>
> With that change, all seems well for me.

Yes, CVS HEAD and 7.4.X patched.  Thanks.

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