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Remove unnecessary mention of OS name

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ryandesign committed Mar 12, 2018
1 parent 154997a commit 53aceabb4746dfe2d64f508ba7d559d08173840c
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  1. +2 −2 guide/xml/portfile-startupitem.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
<para>A StartupItem is a MacPorts facility to run <quote>daemons,</quote> a Unix term for
programs that run continuously in the background, rather than under the
direct control of a user; for example, mail servers, network listeners, etc.
Ports that use StartupItem keywords create OS X scripts for <link
Ports that use StartupItem keywords create scripts for <link
xlink:href="https://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html">launchd</link>, which
is the Apple facility introduced with Mac OS X 10.4 to replace xinetd for
starting and managing daemons. To support <command>launchd</command>, a
program named <command>daemondo</command> is provided by MacPorts base that
serves as an adapter between OS X's <command>launchd</command> and
serves as an adapter between <command>launchd</command> and
daemons (<quote>executable</quote> StartupItems) or traditional Unix startup
scripts that start daemons (<quote>script</quote> StartupItems).</para>

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