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gethostid.3: wfix: s/is intended/was intended/ 

The host ID might once have been intended to be globally unique,
but that turned out not to feasible.

Reported-by: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500
and and
.BR sethostid () .BR sethostid ()
respectively get or set a unique 32-bit identifier for the current machine. respectively get or set a unique 32-bit identifier for the current machine.
The 32-bit identifier is intended to be unique among all UNIX systems in The 32-bit identifier was intended to be unique among all UNIX systems in
existence. existence.
This normally resembles the Internet address for the local This normally resembles the Internet address for the local
machine, as returned by machine, as returned by