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From: =?KOI8-R?Q?Andrey_Chernov=2C_=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= <ache@nagual.ru>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/include utmp.h
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On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, J Wunsch wrote:

> Alternatively, we could teach last(1) to handle both cases, based on
> some heuristics.  (Haven't tried, but i assume that's also possible.)

Oh please no! It is more easy to say "cp /dev/null /var/log/utmp"
once than bloat each and every program (last, w, who, finger, etc.)
with code which handle obsolete case.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@nagual.ru>
http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/