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


This issue seems to have been forgotten.

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, I wrote:
> 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>

So what's it gonna be:

Will UTMPD be removed, thus ending any onus on me to support it, or will
it be patched as I asked? 

---- Michael Deutschmann <michael@talamasca.ocis.net>

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