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diff --git a/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml b/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml
index cb374196632970d50f55e9759bb20d6119febf49..0b9580308ac1bbb5d4af849c9217a35ddea30f42 100644 (file)
--- a/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml
+++ b/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>sd_id128_randomize</refname>
-                <refname>sd_id128_get_machine</refname>
-                <refname>sd_id128_get_boot</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Generate or retrieve 128 bit IDs</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Generate 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -58,16 +56,6 @@
                                 <paramdef>sd_id128_t* <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
                         </funcprototype>
 
-                        <funcprototype>
-                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_machine</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>sd_id128_t* <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
-                        </funcprototype>
-
-                        <funcprototype>
-                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_boot</function></funcdef>
-                                <paramdef>sd_id128_t* <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
-                        </funcprototype>
-
                 </funcsynopsis>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -75,57 +63,30 @@
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para><function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>
-                generates a new randomized 128 bit ID and returns it
+                generates a new randomized 128-bit ID and returns it
                 in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Every invocation
                 returns a new randomly generated ID. This uses the
                 <filename>/dev/urandom</filename> kernel random number
                 generator.</para>
 
-                <para><function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>
-                returns the machine ID of the executing host. This
-                reads and parses the
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                file. This function caches the machine ID internally
-                to make retrieving the machine ID a cheap
-                operation.</para>
-
-                <para><function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> returns
-                the boot ID of the executing kernel. This reads and
-                parses the
-                <filename>/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id</filename>
-                file exposed by the kernel. It is randomly generated
-                early at boot and is unique for every running kernel
-                instance. See
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                for more information. This function also internally
-                caches the returned ID to make this call a cheap
-                operation.</para>
-
                 <para>Note that
-                <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> and
-                <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> always return
-                a UUID v4 compatible
-                ID. <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will
-                also return a UUID v4 compatible ID on new
-                installations, but might not on older. It is possible
-                to convert the machine ID into an UUID v4 compatible
-                one. For more information see
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+                <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> always returns
+                a UUID v4-compatible ID.</para>
 
                 <para>For more information about the
-                <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type see
+                <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type, see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
                 <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
-                <literal>--new-id</literal> command may be used as
-                command line front-end for
+                <option>--new-id</option> option may be used as a
+                command-line front-end for
                 <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Return Value</title>
 
-                <para>The three calls return 0 on success (in which
+                <para>The call returns 0 on success (in which
                 case <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a
                 negative errno-style error code.</para>
         </refsect1>
@@ -133,13 +94,10 @@
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Notes</title>
 
-                <para>The <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>,
-                <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> and
-                <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> interfaces
-                are available as shared library, which can be compiled
+                <para>The <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> interface
+                is available as shared library, which can be compiled
                 and linked to with the
-                <literal>libsystemd-id128</literal>
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <literal>libsystemd-id128</literal> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
@@ -150,7 +108,8 @@
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>