From d96cfbe13a5e3945b8b5cb23c6315af7f859dc07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Josefsson Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 09:40:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi: Document gnulib implementation. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi | 18 +++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 41ea89df0..e233aae21 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2008-05-19 Simon Josefsson + Bruno Haible + + * doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi: Document gnulib + implementation. + 2008-05-18 Bruno Haible * modules/propername: New file, from GNU gettext. diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi index b805cf551..0f2992da8 100644 --- a/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi +++ b/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi @@ -2,15 +2,23 @@ @subsection @code{getpass} @findex getpass -Gnulib module: --- +Gnulib module: getpass or getpass-gnu -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{getpass} or @code{getpass-gnu}: @itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +mingw, BeOS. @end itemize -Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{getpass-gnu}: @itemize @item -This function is missing on some platforms: -mingw, BeOS. +The gnulib implementation return a password of arbitrary length read +from /dev/tty (or stdin), other implementations may truncate the +password to PASS_MAX or 8 characters. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize @end itemize -- 2.11.0