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logname output is often wrong when linked with glibc

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Message #19 received at 76876-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>, Nicolas Boos <nicolas.boos <at> wanadoo.fr>,
 bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 76876-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76876: logname output is often wrong when linked with glibc
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 12:48:49 +0000

On 09/03/2025 11:08, Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list wrote:
> I wrote:
>> With this, coreutils should be fine, since it already imports the 'getlogin'
>> module from gnulib.
> 
> Verified by comparing coreutils-9.5 with coreutils-HEAD on Alpine Linux 3.20:
> 
> With coreutils-9.5:
> 
> $ logname
> bruno
> $ su -
> Password:
> # logname
> root
> 
> Now:
> 
> $ logname
> bruno
> $ su -
> Password:
> # logname
> bruno
> 
> Paul, Pádraig: How about adding a coreutils/NEWS entry for this bug fix?

I pushed an update to coreutils NEWS mentioning the fix.
Marking this as done.

thanks!
Pádraig.

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