get rid of getpwent? (Was: cygwin-1.7.28 getpwent header declaration changes ?)

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Ken Brown!

> What about the following compromise:  If /etc/passwd exists, then
> getpwent behaves as it does currently.  Otherwise, it returns a handful 
> of entries, or possibly just the current user.  This gives users a 
> choice.  If tab-completion in this situation is important to them, they 
> can keep their /etc/passwd file.

Makes sense. You get your current user name substituted in all cases, if you
want more - you fill in the list of the names you want to see.


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 12.02.2014, <21:03>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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