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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:17:05 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: Cygwin <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject: Fwd: Re: Whither a2ps.exe?
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I thought that I CC'ed the attached to the list.  Obviously, I didn't.

Jason

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:04:00 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: Troy Noble <troy DOT noble AT channelpoint DOT com>
Cc: "'Frank D. Greco'" <fgreco AT crossroadstech DOT com>
Subject: Re: Whither a2ps.exe?
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Troy,

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 02:47:13PM -0600, Troy Noble wrote:
> Jason, that'd be great if you could include that userdata
> fix in your contributed version of a2ps.  Then I could delete
> my pre-compiled version from my hard drive ;->
> 
> [snip]
>
> Here are the changes (sorry no diffs) in case it's of
> use to you or others:
> 
> lib/userdata.c line 130 from:
> 
>   udata->name = xstrdup (name ? name : _("Unknown User"));
> 
> to:
> 
>   udata->name = xstrdup (name ? name : login ? login : _("Unknown User"));

IMO, the above is not necessary if your /etc/passwd file (i.e., GECOS
field) is set up correctly.

Jason


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