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Re: [PATCH] getusershell: rewrite from scratch [BZ #18660]
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:47:38 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] getusershell: rewrite from scratch [BZ #18660]
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Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
> - FreeBSD says "The shells file contains a list of the shells on the
> system. For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of
> the shell's path, relative to root. A hash mark (``#'') indicates the
> beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line
> are not interpreted by the routines which search the file. Blank lines
> are also ignored."
This is the ultimate documentation, as the interface was invented by
BSD. Why deviate from it?
Andreas.
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