On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:48:55PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Debian Bug Tracking System dixit: > > >If you wish to submit further information on this problem, please > >send it to [email protected]. > > Oh well, a '%' is not in the list of DES inputs, so differing > is permitted, but returning NULL is so very not nice. > > Shortening the string shows “DES” can be done on it, so do it; > just return "*" (or "x" if the input is "*" so it never matches) > if you absolutely can’t return anything else useful. > > (We continued this discussion in IRC…)
As the function is POSIX compliant, it looks like to me a documentation issue. Should this bug be reassigned to manpages-dev to mention the fact that the function might return NULL in case of error? -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
