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getgroups: don't expose GETGROUPS_T to user These days, most systems already declare getgroups with gid_t*. But in the rare case that GETGROUPS_T is still int but gid_t is short, the user should not have to uglify their code; let the replacement hide all the magic. Tested by configuring with ac_cv_type_getgroups=uint64_t on a platform with 32-bit gid_t, and ignoring compiler warnings. However, since we don't replace setgroups, the GETGROUPS_T workaround is still needed there for now. * lib/getgroups.c (rpl_getgroups): Change signature. Copy array an element at a time if GETGROUPS_T is wrong size. * lib/getugroups.h (getugroups): Change signature. * lib/unistd.in.h (getgroups): Likewise. * m4/getgroups.m4 (gl_FUNC_GETGROUPS): Use replacement if signature needs fixing. * m4/getugroups.m4 (gl_GETUGROUPS): No longer need AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS. * modules/group-member (Depends-on): Add getgroups. * lib/group-member.c (group_info, get_group_info): Use gid_t. (group_member): Rely on getgroups replacement. * lib/getugroups.c (getugroups): Use gid_t. * tests/test-getgroups.c (main): Likewise. * NEWS: Mention the signature change. * doc/posix-functions/getgroups.texi (getgroups): Mention the problem with signature. * doc/glibc-functions/setgroups.texi (setgroups): Mention that GETGROUPS_T is still useful for setgroups. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
author Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
date Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:19:39 -0700
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@node obstack_vprintf
@subsection @code{obstack_vprintf}
@findex obstack_vprintf

Gnulib module: obstack-printf or obstack-printf-posix

Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module
@code{obstack-printf} or @code{obstack-printf-posix}:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on all non-glibc platforms:
MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@end itemize

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{ostack-printf-posix}:
@itemize
@item
This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw, BeOS.
@item
printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
mingw, BeOS.
@item
printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an
incorrect result on some platforms:
AIX 5.2, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
platforms:
glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11,
IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, BeOS.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9,
Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, BeOS.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms:
OpenBSD 4.0, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 2.6, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku.
@item
This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly
on some platforms:
Solaris 10.
@item
This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an
arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, mingw, BeOS.
@item
This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw.
@item
This function behaves incorrectly when a @samp{-} flag and a negative width
are specified together, on some platforms:
HP-UX 10.20.
@item
printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded
with zeroes) on some platforms:
MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw.
@item
This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
mingw, BeOS.
@item
This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0.
@item
This function does not fully support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
HP-UX 11, mingw.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize