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Message-Id: <36221X68MA893.2BYWBI9CL1WMJ@8pit.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:51:56 +0100
From: Sören Tempel <soeren@...ren-tempel.net>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cuserid: support invocation with a NULL
 pointer argument

Sören Tempel <soeren@...ren-tempel.net> wrote:
> From my personal Alpine Linux packaging perspective: I would prefer
> either removing the function entirely or supporting the invocation with
> a NULL pointer argument. Currently, apps using this with a NULL pointer
> (e.g. cdparanoia) will crash at runtime which makes it more difficult to
> identify them. If the function would be removed entirely we would be
> able to detect, during compilation, which apps use it and patch them
> accordingly.

Ping.

Greetings,
Sören

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