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Re: [PATCH] getusershell: rewrite from scratch [BZ #18660]


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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