Re: is hard-coding the group name, "tty", portable enough for who -a?

[Andreas Schwab]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> It's starting to look like the cost/benefit ratio is too high,
> so I don't expect to spend time on this.
> However, if someone can propose a portable and reliable test
> for that attribute, I'll be happy to consider it.

How about adding a configure option to set the expected group?  The
default could just be "tty" since it's the right one for the vast
majority of systems, but allows to override it if necessary.

Andreas.

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