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Patch for FAQ and manual/install.texi (rm utmpd)



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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