29 Oct
2004
29 Oct
'04
12:43 p.m.
On 2004-10-29 at 18:29+0200 Peter Simons wrote:
Is anyone else seeing this on his system?
getUserEntryForName [] >>= print . userName "wasabi"
"wasabi" happens to be the last entry in the /etc/passwd file, and that is what I get every time I query for an user that doesn't exist. The source code promises an exception, but I don't get one.
Same here with ghc 6.2.1. The haddocks don't say anything about what should happen. BTW, the relevant library is System.Posix.User and a similar effect is observed with getGroupEntryForName Jón -- Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk