kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/getpass.texi

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• @node getpass
  @subsection @code{getpass}
  @findex getpass
  
  Documentation:
  @itemize
  @item
  @ifinfo
  @ref{getpass,,Reading Passphrases,libc},
  @end ifinfo
  @ifnotinfo
  @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/getpass.html},
  @end ifnotinfo
  @item
  @uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/getpass.3.html,,man getpass}.
  @end itemize
  
  Gnulib module: getpass or getpass-gnu
  @mindex getpass
  @mindex getpass-gnu
  
  Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{getpass} or @code{getpass-gnu}:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  mingw, MSVC 14, Android 9.0.
  @item
  This function cannot be called from plain inline or extern inline functions
  on some platforms:
  Android 13.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{getpass-gnu}:
  @itemize
  @item
  The returned password is truncated to PASS_MAX characters on some platforms:
  uClibc (256), musl (128), macOS 14 (128), FreeBSD 14.0 (128), NetBSD 3.0 (128), OpenBSD 4.0 (128), AIX 5.1 (32), HP-UX 11 (8), Solaris 11 2010-11 (8, even less than PASS_MAX), Cygwin (128).
  The gnulib implementation returns the password untruncated.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @end itemize
  

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