> 2010-01-09 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
>
> Tests for module 'getlogin_r'.
> * modules/getlogin_r-tests: New file.
> * tests/test-getlogin_r.c: New file.
And a comment:
2010-01-09 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
* lib/unistd.in.h (getlogin_r): Add comment.
*** lib/unistd.in.h.orig Sat Jan 9 14:16:18 2010
--- lib/unistd.in.h Sat Jan 9 13:51:50 2010
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provided (this case is hopefully rare but is left open by the POSIX spec).
See <http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/getlogin.html>.
+
+ Most programs don't need to use this function, because the information is
+ available through environment variables:
+ ${LOGNAME-$USER} on Unix platforms,
+ $USERNAME on native Windows platforms.
*/
# if !...@have_decl_getlogin_r@
extern int getlogin_r (char *name, size_t size) _GL_ARG_NONNULL ((1));
