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-rw-r--r--Makefile3
-rw-r--r--ident.c8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index db72c45f31..f52d84b89f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ all::
# Define NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD if your fnmatch function doesn't have the
# FNM_CASEFOLD GNU extension.
#
+# Define NO_GECOS_IN_PWENT if you don't have pw_gecos in struct passwd
+# in the C library.
+#
# Define NO_LIBGEN_H if you don't have libgen.h.
#
# Define NEEDS_LIBGEN if your libgen needs -lgen when linking
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 8e56b5e941..35a6f26473 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
static char git_default_date[50];
+#ifdef NO_GECOS_IN_PWENT
+#define get_gecos(ignored) "&"
+#else
+#define get_gecos(struct_passwd) ((struct_passwd)->pw_gecos)
+#endif
+
static void copy_gecos(const struct passwd *w, char *name, size_t sz)
{
char *src, *dst;
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ static void copy_gecos(const struct passwd *w, char *name, size_t sz)
* with commas. Also & stands for capitalized form of the login name.
*/
- for (len = 0, dst = name, src = w->pw_gecos; len < sz; src++) {
+ for (len = 0, dst = name, src = get_gecos(w); len < sz; src++) {
int ch = *src;
if (ch != '&') {
*dst++ = ch;