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Document gethostid(3) and sethostid(3) as obsolete.

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Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen 2014-01-23 17:53:27 +01:00
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@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ named host, but don't care much about the low-level details. If you use these
modern networking interfaces, then your program can use without modification
IPv4, IPv6, or whatever new protocol is used in the future.
gethostid, sethostid
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These functions are built on the assumption that 32-bits are enough such that
each computer has an unique identity. It isn't. These functions are usually
implemented by using the IPv4 address, which already creates conflicts because
multiple systems can have the same LAN address. The functions are silly and any
use of them probably is silly too.
getpgrp
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@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ int fdatasync(int);
int fexecve(int, char* const [], char* const []);
long fpathconf(int, int);
int getgroups(int, gid_t []);
long gethostid(void);
pid_t getpgrp(void);
pid_t getsid(pid_t);