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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-09-05 18:52:14 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-09-05 18:52:14 +0800
commite8f0a1b1da395c13076b3485e33dd4f86c8baff0 (patch)
tree01f2b95dd0149978d0afcb36b7864562de2db290
parent5f36bceaa9d8460764a80306ac0d9586b8d864b7 (diff)
util-linux: Use 2^128 instead of "340 trillion trillion trillion"
-rw-r--r--chapter08/util-linux.xml3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/util-linux.xml b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
index 6c37af728..b49168396 100644
--- a/chapter08/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
@@ -1230,7 +1230,8 @@ su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
<para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID is a random number likely to be
unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
systems, in the past and in the future, with extremely high
- probability (~340 trillion trillion trillion unique UUIDs are possible)</para>
+ probability (2<superscript>128</superscript> UUIDs are
+ possible)</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
<primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
</indexterm>