From 85edb4afbd119fb69a0d53e1beb71f46c9525dd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 23:50:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve NEWS discussion of systemd --- NEWS | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 50a3b711f9..7200b51cb8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- pinky, uptime, users, and who no longer misbehave on 32-bit GNU/Linux platforms like x86 and ARM where time_t was historically 32 bits. - A new configure-time option --enable-systemd enables experimental - support for using systemd, to let these programs continue to work on - these old platforms even after the year 2038, so long as systemd - is also installed. + Also see the new --enable-systemd option mentioned below. [bug introduced in coreutils-9.0] 'pr --length=1 --double-space' no longer enters an infinite loop. @@ -94,10 +91,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- tac now falls back to '/tmp' if a configured $TMPDIR is unavailable. - pinky, uptime, and who output accurate times after the year 2038. - A new configure-time option --enable-systemd enables experimental - support for using systemd, to let these programs continue to work - even after the year 2038, so long as systemd is also installed. + On GNU/Linux platforms where utmp-format files have 32-bit timestamps, + pinky, uptime, and who can now work for times after the year 2038, + so long as systemd is installed, you configure with a new, experimental + option --enable-systemd, and you use the programs without file arguments. + (For example, with systemd 'who /var/log/wtmp' does not work because + systemd does not support the equivalent of /who/log/wtmp.) * Noteworthy changes in release 9.3 (2023-04-18) [stable] -- 2.47.2