[PATCH] ppc64 utmp changes

[Ben Collins]

> > or those file formats have never really been used by 64-bit programs.  If
> > either of those is so, does that mean that noone cares about or ever used
> > the various struct utmp-using ABIs either?  Can we really change these ABIs
> > (the size and layout of struct utmp) without versioning?
> 
> For sparc64 it can be changed without versioning, Ben, do you agree?
> For x86-64, as Andreas said, I believe everybody can recompile glibc
> and recompile those few programs which access wtmp etc. files directly
> (SysVinit, anything else?) and > /var/log/wtmp.
> ppc64 initiated this, so is ok with this change too.
> The only question is s390x, Martin?

Definitely for sparc64 (atleast where I am concerned). I don't know of
any widespread use of utmp using 64bit apps on sparc64. Those folks that
built their own sparc64 64bit systems from scratch can easily deal with
the upgrade.

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