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Re: replacement for getpass(3) in older program (1994)



Hi,
* Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> [2007-05-04 18:38]:
> Hello Sam,
> 
> Am 2007-05-02 19:06:09, schrieb Sam Morris:
> > On Wed, 02 May 2007 19:19:53 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > > I have goten an older source which has some problems to compile under
> > > Sid.  After reading a bunch of "manpages-dev" I have seen that "getpass"
> > > is obsolete and I should not use it.
> > 
> > Although the getpass man page (dated from seven years ago!) says this, 
> > glibc's actual documentation[0] does not mention any problems with the 
> > getpass function--so I don't see any particular reason to avoid it.
> > 
> > [0] http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/getpass.html#index-
> > getpass-3653
> 
> Should I submit a bugreport/patch againt "manpages-dev"?

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Kind regards
Nico
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