Re: patch for src/backend/main/main.c

that certainly works and is much cleaner, but strdup
may not be as ubiquitous as malloc & strncpy.
someone more versed in portability issues than i am
should speak to that.

-michael thornburgh

> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
>
> "Michael C. Thornburgh" <zenomt(at)armory(dot)com> writes:
> > + len = strlen(pw->pw_name);
> > + pw_name_persist = (char *) malloc(len+1);
> > + if (pw_name_persist == (char *)NULL)
> > + {
> > + fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't malloc for username\n", argv[0]);
> > + exit(1);
> > + }
> > + strncpy(pw_name_persist, pw->pw_name, len+1);
>
> This could be simplified to
> pw_name_persist = strdup(pw->pw_name);
> no?
>
> regards, tom lane