Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] NGROUPS_MAX

[Eric B. <er...@go...>]

Franck Arnaud wrote:
> Eric:
> 
>> The problem is that I cannot pass the array as argument because
>> it is not allocated yet. Sould I pass a dummy one, or can I pass
>> a null pointer?
> 
> thanks for your changes!
> 
> that's my understanding, it does say the array parameter is not going to
> be touched, the point of the call with zero is to get the size so that
> you can allocate enough space for next time you call with a real array
> so I think you can call with null instead of a dummy array.
> 
> I'd also check that the call with zero doesn't return <= 0 to avoid
> negative/zero malloc (though it might cope).
> 
> next problem is the lack of pwd.h and grp.h that define populated
> versions of the passwd and group structures used by getgrgid and
> getpwuid. I don't know for sure if it's portable, but it is in POSIX so
> should be a fair bet.
> 
> and that's the last one, bootstrap worked after patching eif_file.c for
> this.

Can you send me your patched eif_file.c?

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