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With the removal of utmpd, we shouldn't mention it anymore. Here's a patch. Andreas 2000-04-18 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * manual/install.texi (Running make install): Don't mention utmpd anymore. ============================================================ Index: manual/install.texi --- manual/install.texi 2000/03/26 06:03:42 1.40 +++ manual/install.texi 2000/04/19 03:36:14 @@ -274,12 +274,10 @@ environment or preparing a binary distribution. The directory should be specified with an absolute file name. -Glibc 2.1 includes two daemons, @code{nscd} and @code{utmpd}, which you +Glibc 2.2 includes a daemon called @code{nscd}, which you may or may not want to run. @code{nscd} caches name service lookups; it can dramatically improve performance with NIS+, and may help with DNS as -well. @code{utmpd} allows programs that use the old format for the -@file{utmp} file to coexist with new programs. For more information see -the file @file{login/README.utmpd}. +well. One auxiliary program, @file{/usr/libexec/pt_chown}, is installed setuid @code{root}. This program is invoked by the @code{grantpt} function; it ============================================================ Index: FAQ.in --- FAQ.in 2000/03/10 08:41:39 1.101 +++ FAQ.in 2000/04/19 03:33:45 @@ -1083,9 +1083,6 @@ but this is what a major release is for. It's better to have a cut now than having no means to support the new techniques later. -{MK} There is however a (partial) solution for this problem. Please take a -look at the file `login/README.utmpd'. - ?? Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many systems? -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj@suse.de private aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de currently: aj@oss.sgi.com
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