Add a NEWS entry to indicate the review of the usage of getpwnam(),

getpwuid(), getgrnam(), getgrgid(), and getspnam().

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b33ea5d97d0e0d75101f5421da0dcf1fc6b57489..559dfaef3b9eb18b26b7e6b6f9ad688e25ab6a5a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
        returned structure and are more robust to successive calls. They
        are implemented with the libc's getxxyyy_r() functions if
        available.
-       * libmisc/limits.c, libmisc/entry.c, libmisc/chowntty.c,
+       * NEWS, libmisc/limits.c, libmisc/entry.c, libmisc/chowntty.c,
        libmisc/addgrps.c, libmisc/myname.c, libmisc/rlogin.c,
        libmisc/pwdcheck.c, src/newgrp.c, src/login_nopam.c, src/login.c,
        src/userdel.c, src/lastlog.c, src/grpck.c, src/gpasswd.c,

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2bc29cc72df63f6add92ced6c62d4f988ce7279c..1f6316ceddf94ba6f9dfbf969735db10b72cca22 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ shadow-4.0.18.1 -> shadow-4.0.18.2                                    UNRELEASED
 - userdel: Fix the homedir prefix checking.
 - passwd, usermod: Refuse to unlock an account when it would result in a
   passwordless account.
+- Full review of the usage of getpwnam(), getpwuid(), getgrnam(),
+  getgrgid(), and getspnam(). There should be no functional changes.
 
 *** documentation:
 - Generate the translated manpages from PO at build time.