[issue20306] Lack of pw_gecos field in Android's struct passwd causes cross-compilation for the pwd module to fail

[Matt Frank]

Matt Frank added the comment:

Here is shiz's patch extended with the addition to configure.ac.  I added the variable HAVE_PASSWD_GECOS_FIELD and the appropriate tests.  Luckily this very problem (missing pw_gecos field) is the example used in the autoconf manual (https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Generic-Structures.html#Generic-Structures).  (Otherwise I would have been as lost as I usually am with autoconf.)

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Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37009/pw_gecos-field-workaround-with-config_ac-mods.patch

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