Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:37:12 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Piotr Eljasiak <eljasiak AT neptun DOT gdansk DOT tpsa DOT pl>
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Subject: Re: Patch to make getlogin() examine env. var. USERNAME
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Piotr Eljasiak wrote:

> > Why not change the order of precedence in getlogin()?  If there are 
> > systems where USERNAME is defined, but USER is not, that would be the
> > logical solution, no?
> 
> Why not? What about the order of searching env. vars - is 
> USERNAME, USER, LOGNAME ok?

Yes, I think so.

> If so - I've attached the patch changing this (getlogin.c+getlogin.txh).

Thanks.  Applied.

Note that I made LOGNAME be in preference to USER, since otherwise those 
who define LOGNAME will have the same problem as with USERNAME.