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Re: [patch] fixup GECOS handling

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KHKyle Hayes <kyle@marchex.com>
Date
Apr 22, 2005, 17:58 UTC
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On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 19:18 +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
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> Dear diary, on Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 06:58:25PM CEST, I got a letter
> where Martin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org> told me that...
> > Meaning, if they use a ',' in one of the fields (and it is a linux
> > system with the chfn most probably from the shadow package), then they
> > are looking for trouble.  The only reason I added the ';' was because
> > somebody said whatever OS used it instead of a ','.
> 
> What about just swapping the two tests so that ; is cut off and , only
> when no ; is around?
Even nicer.  I like it.  Very clean!

Best, Kyle

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Kyle Hayes <kyle@marchex.com>
Marchex Inc.
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  1. fixup GECOS handlingMartin Schlemmer, Apr 18, 2005
  2. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  3. Martin SchlemmerApr 18, 2005
  4. fixup GECOS handlingMartin Schlemmer, Apr 22, 2005
  5. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  6. Martin SchlemmerApr 22, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisApr 22, 2005
  8. Martin SchlemmerApr 22, 2005
  9. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  10. Martin SchlemmerApr 22, 2005
  11. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisApr 23, 2005
  13. Martin SchlemmerApr 23, 2005
  14. Kyle HayesApr 22, 2005
  15. Andy IsaacsonApr 22, 2005
  16. Kyle HayesApr 25, 2005

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