[Michael Deutschmann <michael@talamasca.wkpowerlink.com>] libc/1463: Want option to make utmpd create/delete utmp files

[Michael Deutschmann]

On 26 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I agree.  So the question is why Michael is still using it.
> Misinformation about the necessity?
 
*I'm* not using it.  I moved to libc-2.0 in one go and never looked 
back.  I'm looking out for any of *my users* who want to use utmpd. (mind 
you, I don't know if I have any...)

README.utmpd quite clearly implies that any program that cannot cooperate 
with utmpd should be considered buggy.

BTW: I think you should make utmpd, and the glibc code that supports
it, into an add-on module.  I don't see how it affects the ABI, so it should
not introduce new binary-compatiblity woes if some libc.so.6's have it 
and some don't.  It would be a relatively harmless way to cut down bloat.

---- Michael Deutschmann <michael@talamasca.wkpowerlink.com>