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Solaris: deprecated <pwd.h> and <gid.h> interfaces should be replaced

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P3
    • 9
    • 9
    • hotspot
    • b131
    • x86, sparc
    • solaris_11, solaris_12

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      From the Solaris getpwnam(3C) manpage:

             Solaris 2.4 and earlier releases provided definitions of the getpw-
             nam_r() and getpwuid_r() functions as specified in POSIX.1c Draft 6.
             The final POSIX.1c standard changed the interface for these functions.
             Support for the Draft 6 interface is provided for compatibility only
             and might not be supported in future releases. New applications and
             libraries should use the standard-conforming interface.

      The getgrnam(3C) manpage contains a similar section.

      The easiest way to use the standard-conforming interfaces is to #define _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS before #including <pwd.h> or <gid.h>

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            alanbur Alan Burlison
            alanbur Alan Burlison
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