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author Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
date Fri, 16 Aug 2013 06:32:22 -0700
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@node getpwuid_r
@section @code{getpwuid_r}
@findex getpwuid_r

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getpwuid_r.html}

Gnulib module: extensions

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function has an incompatible declaration on some platforms:
Solaris 11 2011-11 (when @code{_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS} is not defined).
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is unsafe to call between @code{fork} and @code{exec} if
the parent process is multi-threaded.  Use it prior to forking.
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS.
@end itemize