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Date:      Sun, 4 Jun 2017 02:45:18 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r319562 - head/usr.bin/factor
Message-ID:  <201706040245.v542jI5d060624@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: cperciva
Date: Sun Jun  4 02:45:18 2017
New Revision: 319562
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/319562

Log:
  Delete obsolete paragraph; primes(6) is now able to list primes for the
  full range up to 2^64 - 1.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/usr.bin/factor/factor.6

Modified: head/usr.bin/factor/factor.6
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/factor/factor.6	Sun Jun  4 02:36:37 2017	(r319561)
+++ head/usr.bin/factor/factor.6	Sun Jun  4 02:45:18 2017	(r319562)
@@ -119,9 +119,3 @@ cannot handle the
 factor list,
 .Nm primes
 will not get you a world record.
-.Pp
-.Nm primes
-is unable to list primes between 3825123056546413050 and 18446744073709551615
-since it relies on strong pseudoprime tests after sieving, and nobody has
-proven how many strong pseudoprime tests are required to prove primality for
-integers larger than 3825123056546413050.



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