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@node getpass
@subsection @code{getpass}
@findex getpass
Gnulib module: getpass or 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 9, BeOS.
@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:
MacOS X 10.5 (128), FreeBSD 6.2 (128), NetBSD 3.0 (128), OpenBSD 4.0 (128), AIX 5.1 (32), HP-UX 11 (8), IRIX 6.5 (32), OSF/1 5.1 (80), 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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