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Re: Manual update for get.*_r functions

Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> writes:

> I've checked POSIX and my understanding of POSIX is that the check for 
> NULL is necessary.

POSIX says:

	If successful, the getpwuid_r() and getpwnam_r() functions shall
	return zero.  Otherwise, an error number shall be returned to
	indicate the error.


I.e., the return value is != 0 in all error cases and no found entry
is an error case.

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