herve rc1

What's Changed

• tests/unit/test_xaprintf.c: Fix test by using streq() instead of strcmp(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1280
• login: fixed PID matching when PAM (and forking) used by @Karlson2k in #1282
• */: Fix including <config.h> as system header by @Karlson2k in #1294
• lib/shadow/grp/: agetgroups(): Fix possible buffer overrun on non-Linux systems by @alejandro-colomar in #1295
• lib/utmp.c: Fixed generated strings for "ut_id" by @Karlson2k in #1301
• Fix fprintf(3)-related issues. by @alejandro-colomar in #1299
• lib/utmp.c: align generated "ut_id" with other software by @Karlson2k in #1293
• Fixes related to use of forked PID by @Karlson2k in #1305
• fixes for configure and autotools by @Karlson2k in #1287
• chpasswd: Check hash before write when using -e by @mmpx12 in #1285
• Disable building subids support on systems that don't have the prctl by @sthibaul in #1269
• Make sure that logind is enabled if requested, make --disable-logind mandatory to disable logind integration by @Karlson2k in #1318
• src/groupmod.c: --help: wfix by @alejandro-colomar in #1316
• Correct finding UTMP entry by @Karlson2k in #1292
• While-loop readability improvements. by @alejandro-colomar in #1303
• lib/agetpass.c: Pass "" instead of NULL as an ignored prompt by @alejandro-colomar in #1321
• Make parsing of gecos field more robust and strict by @alejandro-colomar in #1307
• lib/utmp.c: Fix use of last utmp entry instead of patrial-match entry by @Karlson2k in #1326
• Fixed memory leak in UTMP processing by @Karlson2k in #1332
• share/ansible/: fix Debian 13 build by @ikerexxe in #1337
• lib/subordinateio.c: list_owner_ranges(): Fix duplicate range when username matches ID by @alejandro-colomar in #1345
• man/chsh: remove duplicate paragraph by @tacerus in #1342
• CI: add Python linter by @ikerexxe in #1349
• src/su.c: Fix incorrect (non-matching) parentheses by @alejandro-colomar in #1353
• Subid v3 by @AndersBlomdell in #1351
• Use available libc macros for paths, instead of creating our own. by @alejandro-colomar in #1355
• lib/, src/: Use consistent style using strchr(3) in conditionals by @alejandro-colomar in #1048
• lib/string/README: Add guidelines for using strings by @alejandro-colomar in #1338
• po/nl.po: Update by @alejandro-colomar in #1365
• A couple of patches around SSSD integration by @alexey-tikhonov in #1366
• Move shadow APIs to lib/shadow/ by @alejandro-colomar in #1197
• No news is good news by @alejandro-colomar in #1371
• src/useradd.c: chroot or prefix SELinux file context by @ikerexxe in #1258
• lib/commonio.c: Rename structure members that look like libc APIs by @alejandro-colomar in #1324
• Add STRNEQ(), and use it instead of its pattern by @alejandro-colomar in #1336
• X by @alejandro-colomar in #1263
• lib/utmp.c: is_my_tty(): Simplify by @alejandro-colomar in #1376
• Add strerrno(), and use it instead of its pattern by @alejandro-colomar in #1375
• [dd] Remove dead code by @alejandro-colomar in #1271
• tests/unit/test_exit_if_null.c: Test through XMALLOC() instead of xaprintf() by @alejandro-colomar in #1384
• clarify -U option in groupadd help output by @ashgit23 in #1389
• useradd: Do not automatically add supplements groups for system users by @SgAkErRu in #1156
• a2i(): Maximal minimalism by @alejandro-colomar in #1372
• Improve Clang support (regarding attributes) by @alejandro-colomar in #1320
• Rename array macro wrappers with an _a suffix instead of uppercase by @alejandro-colomar in #1373
• lib/string/: strerrno(): Use statement expression to perform lvalue conversion by @alejandro-colomar in #1390
• doc/contributions/: enhance Python test framework by @ikerexxe in #1348
• Minor improvements around fgets(3) calls by @alejandro-colomar in #1386
• tests/unit/: Small improvements by @alejandro-colomar in #1383
• Use a simpler interface for append_range(), based on reallocf(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1356
• lib/: Use simple assignment instead of memcpy(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1309
• configure.ac: Propagate ./configure flags to 'distcheck' by @alejandro-colomar in #1319
• src/usermod.c: $user_home: Remove all trailing '/'s by @alejandro-colomar in #1370
• Use const correctly. by @alejandro-colomar in #1393
• useradd: fix uninitialized flags causing aarch64 failure by @ikerexxe in #1396
• Update po and potfiles by @hallyn in #1399
• src/: Fix uninitialized flags, and use const appropriately by @alejandro-colomar in #1400
• Add typeas() and use it by @alejandro-colomar in #1395
• newusers: allow not passing a password by @terceiro in #1341
• Turn some -Wunused-* diagnostics into errors, and solve them by @alejandro-colomar in #1394
• Expand system test framework by @ikerexxe in #1340
• Replace fgetsx() by fgets(3) and fputsx() by fputs(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1056
• Some improvements to type-safe macros by @alejandro-colomar in #1388
• rmdir_leading() improvements by @alejandro-colomar in #1135
• (pre-)Release 4.19.0-rc1 by @hallyn in #1411

New Contributors

• @Karlson2k made their first contribution in #1282
• @mmpx12 made their first contribution in #1285
• @tacerus made their first contribution in #1342
• @AndersBlomdell made their first contribution in #1351
• @alexey-tikhonov made their first contribution in #1366
• @ashgit23 made their first contribution in #1389
• @terceiro made their first contribution in #1341

Full Changelog: 4.18.0...4.19.0-rc1