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diff --git a/gnu/libexec/uucp/common_sources/policy.h b/gnu/libexec/uucp/common_sources/policy.h
index 171197e..c74106c 100644
--- a/gnu/libexec/uucp/common_sources/policy.h
+++ b/gnu/libexec/uucp/common_sources/policy.h
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@
other than the uucp user uses it. */
#define HAVE_SAVED_SETUID 1
-/* On some systems, such as the DG Aviion and, possibly, the RS/6000,
- the setreuid function is broken. It should be possible to use
- setreuid to swap the real and effective user ID's, but on some
- systems it will not change the real user ID (I believe this is due
- to a misreading of the POSIX standard). On such a system you must
- set HAVE_BROKEN_SETREUID to 1; if you do not, you will get error
- messages from setreuid. Systems on which setreuid exists but is
- broken pretty much always have saved setuid. */
+/* On some systems, such as 4.4BSD-Lite, NetBSD, the DG Aviion and,
+ possibly, the RS/6000, the setreuid function is broken. It should
+ be possible to use setreuid to swap the real and effective user
+ ID's, but on some systems it will not change the real user ID (I
+ believe this is due to a misreading of the POSIX standard). On
+ such a system you must set HAVE_BROKEN_SETREUID to 1; if you do
+ not, you will get error messages from setreuid. Systems on which
+ setreuid exists but is broken pretty much always have saved setuid. */
#define HAVE_BROKEN_SETREUID 0
/* On a few systems, such as NextStep 3.3, the POSIX macro F_SETLKW is
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