libbb: introduce and use is_prefixed_with()

function                                             old     new   delta
is_prefixed_with                                       -      18     +18
complete_username                                     78      77      -1
man_main                                             737     735      -2
fsck_device                                          429     427      -2
unpack_ar_archive                                     80      76      -4
strip_unsafe_prefix                                  105     101      -4
singlemount                                         1054    1050      -4
rtc_adjtime_is_utc                                    90      86      -4
resolve_mount_spec                                    88      84      -4
parse_one_line                                      1029    1025      -4
parse_conf                                          1460    1456      -4
may_wakeup                                            83      79      -4
loadkmap_main                                        219     215      -4
get_irqs_from_stat                                   103      99      -4
get_header_cpio                                      913     909      -4
findfs_main                                           79      75      -4
fbsplash_main                                       1230    1226      -4
load_crontab                                         776     771      -5
expand_vars_to_list                                 1151    1146      -5
date_main                                            881     876      -5
skip_dev_pfx                                          30      24      -6
make_device                                         2199    2193      -6
complete_cmd_dir_file                                773     767      -6
run_applet_and_exit                                  715     708      -7
uudecode_main                                        321     313      -8
pwdx_main                                            197     189      -8
execute                                              568     560      -8
i2cdetect_main                                      1186    1176     -10
procps_scan                                         1242    1230     -12
procps_read_smaps                                   1017    1005     -12
process_module                                       746     734     -12
patch_main                                          1903    1891     -12
nfsmount                                            3572    3560     -12
stack_machine                                        126     112     -14
process_timer_stats                                  449     435     -14
match_fstype                                         111      97     -14
do_ipaddr                                           1344    1330     -14
open_list_and_close                                  359     343     -16
get_header_tar                                      1795    1779     -16
prepend_new_eth_table                                340     323     -17
fsck_main                                           1811    1794     -17
find_iface_state                                      56      38     -18
dnsd_main                                           1321    1303     -18
base_device                                          179     158     -21
find_keyword                                         104      82     -22
handle_incoming_and_exit                            2785    2762     -23
parse_and_put_prompt                                 774     746     -28
modinfo                                              347     317     -30
find_action                                          204     171     -33
update_passwd                                       1470    1436     -34
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(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 0/49 up/down: 18/-540)         Total: -522 bytes

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/libbb/update_passwd.c b/libbb/update_passwd.c
index dc26ebd..a2004f4 100644
--- a/libbb/update_passwd.c
+++ b/libbb/update_passwd.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 	char *fnamesfx;
 	char *sfx_char;
 	char *name_colon;
-	unsigned user_len;
 	int old_fd;
 	int new_fd;
 	int i;
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@
 	fnamesfx = xasprintf("%s+", filename);
 	sfx_char = &fnamesfx[strlen(fnamesfx)-1];
 	name_colon = xasprintf("%s:", name ? name : "");
-	user_len = strlen(name_colon);
 
 	if (shadow)
 		old_fp = fopen(filename, "r+");
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@
 			while (list) {
 				list++;
  next_list_element:
-				if (strncmp(list, member, member_len) == 0) {
+				if (is_prefixed_with(list, member)) {
 					char c;
 					changed_lines++;
 					c = list[member_len];
@@ -201,13 +199,14 @@
 			goto next;
 		}
 
-		if (strncmp(name_colon, line, user_len) != 0) {
+		cp = is_prefixed_with(line, name_colon);
+		if (!cp) {
 			fprintf(new_fp, "%s\n", line);
 			goto next;
 		}
 
 		/* We have a match with "name:"... */
-		cp = line + user_len; /* move past name: */
+		/* cp points past "name:" */
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_ADDUSER_TO_GROUP || ENABLE_FEATURE_DEL_USER_FROM_GROUP
 		if (member) {