Withdraw logwtmp.c from time zone distribution?

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis at SystematicSW.ab.ca
Fri Feb 15 23:16:12 UTC 2008


On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:02:41 -0500, "Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]"
<olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov> wrote:

>> > Well then: are there any systems out there today that need the time
>zone
>> > package's version of logwtmp.c?
>
>> Doesn't Solaris need logwtmp.c?  It doesn't have a logwtmp function in
>> libc.a.
>
>On systems (such as Solaris) with "OLD_TIME" defined, the time zone
>package "date.c" calls pututline or pututxline rather than logwtmp.
>So the better question: are there any systems that have neither OLD_TIME
>defined nor logwtmp in libc.a?

Non-Unix OSes and most Unix-like environments for other OSes do not have
Unix login and accounting info and related library functions. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada



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