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From: pwolfe@kailand.kai.com (Patrick Wolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: why separate getpwent routines for YP?
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Date: 30 Nov 89 19:44:36 GMT
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I installed YP (Yellow Pages) on our network this week, and RCS V4.2 commands
started crashing with segmentation faults.  I found (from the getpwent(3)
online manpage) that SGI ships two versions of the "getpw*" calls, one that
understands YP and one that doesn't?  Once I learned this, it was trivial to
fix the Makefile and recompile, but I can't help wonder why anyone would want
to ship (and maintain) two separate versions?

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        Patrick Wolfe
        System Manager, Kuck & Associates
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