Debian Bug report logs - #18753
libc6-dev: getpass() prototyped in unistd.h rather than pwd.h

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Package: libc6-dev; Maintainer for libc6-dev is GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>; Source for libc6-dev is src:glibc (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Jonathan H N Chin <jhnc@pfaff.newton.cam.ac.uk>

Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:48:09 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 2.0.7pre1-2

Done: Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>:
Bug#18753; Package libc6-dev. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Jonathan H N Chin <jhnc@pfaff.newton.cam.ac.uk>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonathan H N Chin <jhnc@pfaff.newton.cam.ac.uk>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: libc6-dev: getpass() prototyped in unistd.h rather than pwd.h
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:40:27 GMT
Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.0.7pre1-2

Either libc6-dev or manpages-dev is in error. From getpass(3):

  SYNOPSIS
         #include <pwd.h>
         char *getpass( const char * prompt );

But:

  % grep getpass /usr/include/{unistd,pwd}.h
  /usr/include/unistd.h:extern char *getpass __P ((__const char *__prompt));


-jonathan


-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (unstable)
Kernel Version: Linux pfaff 2.0.33-awe #1 Thu Feb 26 14:04:34 /etc/localtime 1998 i486 unknown

Versions of the packages libc6-dev depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.7pre1-2
kernel-headers-2.0.32	Version: 2.0.32-5
gcc	Version: 2.7.2.3-3


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#18753; Package libc6-dev. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 18753@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
To: Jonathan H N Chin <jhnc@pfaff.newton.cam.ac.uk>, 18753@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Nicols Lichtmaier <nick@feedback.net.ar>
Subject: Re: Bug#18753: libc6-dev: getpass() prototyped in unistd.h rather than pwd.h
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 15:47:19 -0500 (EST)
The code is always right ;-)

Much of this sort of thing is still in flux in the glibc release, so there
will be more of this sort of mismatch to be found.

I have cc'd this to the manpages-dev maintainer Nicols Lichtmaier
<nick@feedback.net.ar> and if he agrees, I will reassign the bug to
manpages-dev.

Thanks for the info!

On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Jonathan H N Chin wrote:

> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.0.7pre1-2
> 
> Either libc6-dev or manpages-dev is in error. From getpass(3):
> 
>   SYNOPSIS
>          #include <pwd.h>
>          char *getpass( const char * prompt );
> 
> But:
> 
>   % grep getpass /usr/include/{unistd,pwd}.h
>   /usr/include/unistd.h:extern char *getpass __P ((__const char *__prompt));
> 
> 
> -jonathan
> 
> 
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: 2.0 (unstable)
> Kernel Version: Linux pfaff 2.0.33-awe #1 Thu Feb 26 14:04:34 /etc/localtime 1998 i486 unknown
> 
> Versions of the packages libc6-dev depends on:
> libc6	Version: 2.0.7pre1-2
> kernel-headers-2.0.32	Version: 2.0.32-5
> gcc	Version: 2.7.2.3-3
> 
> 


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Reply sent to Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Jonathan H N Chin <jhnc@pfaff.newton.cam.ac.uk>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at 18753-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>
To: 18753-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Fixed
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:03:42 -0700
This was never a bug in libc6-dev, and it's been fixed in manpages-dev.
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