Re: [Freeciv-Dev] patch: getting username (PR#109)

[Andy Black <ablack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 5:34 AM -0700 8/16/99, David Pfitzner wrote:
>This patch moves the check for the user's username into
>a function user_username() in shared.c.  It also removes
>the "please report this" note if getpwuid() fails, and
>also tries getenv $USER (actually, now before getpwuid()).
>
>(Also small reorder in gui-gtk to call user_username()
>only after log_init().)
>
>Questions:
>- would it be useful to check for getpwuid() in configure?
>  (Eg, on Win/Mac?)

That is a negative on the mac.  As far as I can tell, there is no such
function call (sorry).

Andy