Re: getpass documentation

[Simon Josefsson]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:

> I noticed that a significant difference between other getpass
> implementations and glibc/gnulib's is that the latter allocate the
> output buffer.

Sorry, that is false: I just now noticed the 'static' modified in the
getpass.c code....  This makes it slightly more difficult to use if you
want to confirm the password entered (you'll need to strdup it).
Updated documentation patch below.

/Simon

diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi
index b805cf5..d842283 100644
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Gnulib module: ---
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
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+This implementation returns password of arbitrary length, other
+implementations truncate it to PASS_MAX or 8 characters.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: