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changeset 10086:dfb0faac01ec
doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi: Document gnulib implementation.
author | Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> |
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date | Mon, 19 May 2008 09:40:59 +0200 |
parents | 6eeccac8ebca |
children | 3e7833ffcecb |
files | ChangeLog doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2008-05-19 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> + Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi: Document gnulib + implementation. + 2008-05-18 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> * modules/propername: New file, from GNU gettext.
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi +++ b/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi @@ -2,15 +2,23 @@ @subsection @code{getpass} @findex getpass -Gnulib module: --- +Gnulib module: getpass or getpass-gnu -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: -@itemize -@end itemize - -Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{getpass} or @code{getpass-gnu}: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: mingw, BeOS. @end itemize + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{getpass-gnu}: +@itemize +@item +The gnulib implementation return a password of arbitrary length read +from /dev/tty (or stdin), other implementations may truncate the +password to PASS_MAX or 8 characters. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@end itemize