[PATCH] Remove Roland McGrath et al. from libc.so banner

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2017, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
>> This is what I am going to check in:
>>
>> * csu/version.c (banner): Remove "by Roland McGrath et al.".
>> * nptl/Banner: Remove "by Ulrich Drepper et al.".
>
> Please see what I said about being sure to update contrib.texi when
> removing such credits.  I think NPTL merits adding to Ulrich Drepper's
> entry in contrib.texi (but given that, the nptl/Banner file could be
> removed completely).

I checked in my patch.   Here is a patch to credit Ulrich Drepper for
libpthread in contrib.texi.   OK for master?

> I think crypt/Banner can be removed (the credit is already in
> contrib.texi).  The reference to a BIND version in contrib.texi should
> probably be updated when removing resolv/Banner.  More credits in
> contrib.texi are needed to remove soft-fp/Banner.  (libidn/Banner serves
> the purpose of indicating whether the last remaining add-on is configured
> in, so I don't suggest removing it until the add-on mechanism is also
> removed and libidn is built unconditionally - however, the corresponding
> credit could be added to contrib.texi now.)

I will get to these when I find time if no one beats me to it.


-- 
H.J.
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