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doc: improve NEWS discussion of systemd

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Paul Eggert
2023-08-12 23:50:50 -07:00
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@@ -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]