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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:51:02 -0800
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Comments: In reply to Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 "Re: coredump completing scp" (Jan 29, 11:33pm)
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On Jan 29, 11:33pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
} Subject: Re: coredump completing scp
}
} On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:13:06 -0800
} Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
} > It may be that setpwent() assumes that getpwent() has allocated something
} 
} Right, and since we always call endpwent() after all uses of getpwent(),
} we're guaranteed not to need setpwent() at all, aren't we?

It's probably defensive programming against getpwent() having been used
by a module or library without being endpwent()d afterward.