On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 2.39-1 > Severity: wishlist > > The getgrent(3) and getgroups(3) manual page should reference > getgrouplist(3). The reason is that getgrouplist(3) is a very useful > replacement for calls to setgrent(), getgrent() and endgrent() when > trying to look up one members groups, when using networked directory > services like LDAP. The latter uses 20 minutes in my test environment > with 120000 users and 6600 groups (running 'id username' in etch), > while getgrouplist() uses 20 seconds (using 'id username' in lenny). > > I was not aware of the getgrouplist() function until yesterday, and it > would have helped me a lot to find it when reviewing the getgrent(3) > and getgroups(3) manual page, if it was listed in the SEE ALSO section > there.
Petter -- thanks for this report. Looking at the man page, I see that it mentions the function is buggy. Have you verified whether or not it still is? I suspect that this bugginess is the reason that the previousmaintainer didn't create the links you sugget. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
