Re: Is getpass(3) really obsolete?

2021-10-29 Thread rsbecker
On October 29, 2021 7:29 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > On 10/29/21 13:15, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As the manual pages says, SUSv2 marked it as LEGACY, and POSIX doesn't > > have it at all. The manual page goes further and says "This function > > is obsolete. Do not use it." in

Re: Is getpass(3) really obsolete?

2021-10-29 Thread rsbecker
On October 29, 2021 9:56 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: > Subject: Re: Is getpass(3) really obsolete? > wrote: > > > On October 29, 2021 7:29 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > On 10/29/21 13:15, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > As the manual pages says, SUSv2 marked it as LEGACY,

Re: Is getpass(3) really obsolete?

2021-10-29 Thread rsbecker
On October 29, 2021 10:45 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > On 10/29/21 16:33, rsbec...@nexbridge.com wrote: > > October 29, 2031 10:21 AM, Theo de Raadt will write: > >> wrote: > >> > > getpass() is obsolete in POSIX.2. However, some platforms still > > are on > >>> POSIX.1, > so