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From: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: Bug#1076619: passwd: /etc/group file corruption with usernames
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 12:39:26AM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Upstream will probably fix this completely in the forky period.

This has happened in 4.19.0:

    Release 4.19.0

    Breaking changes:

    -  Remove support for escaped newlines in configuration files.
       It never worked correctly.
       b0a7ce58b924 (2025-12-05; "lib/, po/: Remove fgetsx() and fputsx()")]