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@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ will produce different results on platforms that have different
$Config{ivsize}. For portability, be sure to mask off the excess bits
in the result of unary C<~>, e.g., C<~$x & 0xffffffff>.
+=head2 The shell returned by the getpwxxx() is now tainted
+
+Because the user can affect her own login shell the shell returned
+by the getpwent(), getpwnam(), and getpwuid() functions is tainted.
+
=back
=head2 C Source Incompatibilities