From: Davin McCall <davmac@davmac.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 05:19:29 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: BUILD: explain the USE_UTMPX option a little better
X-Git-Tag: v0.8.1~16
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ccca0f12b2b9ca81f88bbaef599dad0fad860ad4;p=oweals%2Fdinit.git

BUILD: explain the USE_UTMPX option a little better
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diff --git a/BUILD.txt b/BUILD.txt
index 7d656b0..6ce4c68 100644
--- a/BUILD.txt
+++ b/BUILD.txt
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ SHUTDOWN_PREFIX=...
     commands, set this (for eg. to "dinit-").
 USE_UTMPX=1|0
     Whether to build support for manipulating the utmp/utmpx database via the related POSIX
-    functions. If not set to any value, support is enabled for certain systems automatically
-    and disabled for all others.
+    functions. This may be required (along with appropriate service configuration) for utilities
+    like "who" to work correctly (the service configuration items "inittab-id" and "inittab-line"
+    have no effect if this is disabled). If not set to any value, support is enabled for certain
+    systems automatically and disabled for all others.
 SANITIZE_OPTS=...
     Any options to enable run-time sanitizers or additional safety checks. This will be used
     only when building tests. It can safely be left blank.