diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index f48e0e4376..b5f504172d 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -9316,3 +9316,10 @@ Bruce 21 July 2005
         user/
             hosts_user.php
 
+David  21 July 2005
+    - Scheduler: if using locality scheduling,
+        don't attach to shared memory
+        (hence don't need to run feeder)
+
+    sched/
+        main.C
diff --git a/doc/bashford_cookbook.txt b/doc/bashford_cookbook.txt
index 4d47e0dc33..07897d656c 100644
--- a/doc/bashford_cookbook.txt
+++ b/doc/bashford_cookbook.txt
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ means:
      Clients will download this and run it.  If you want, you can gzip it
      and leave the .gz extension on.
 
-Now cd to PROJDIR/bin and run
+Now cd to PROJDIR and run
 
-  ./update_versions
+  bin/update_versions
 
 This scans the app dir and creates AppVersions (info about which Apps
 have really-existing versions for which platforms), and puts them in
diff --git a/sched/main.C b/sched/main.C
index c770dbe394..370964df1d 100644
--- a/sched/main.C
+++ b/sched/main.C
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ GUI_URLS gui_urls;
 key_t sema_key;
 int g_pid;
 static bool db_opened=false;
+bool project_stopped = false;
 
 void send_message(const char* msg, int delay, bool send_header) {
     if (send_header) {
@@ -184,15 +185,52 @@ void set_core_dump_size_limit() {
 }
 #endif
 
+SCHED_SHMEM* attach_to_feeder_shmem() {
+    char path[256];
+    get_project_dir(path, sizeof(path));
+    get_key(path, 'a', sema_key);
+    SCHED_SHMEM* ssp = 0;
+    int i, retval;
+    void* p;
+
+    retval = attach_shmem(config.shmem_key, &p);
+    if (retval || p==0) {
+        log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL,
+            "Can't attach shmem (feeder not running?)\n"
+        );
+        project_stopped = true;
+    } else {
+        ssp = (SCHED_SHMEM*)p;
+        retval = ssp->verify();
+        if (retval) {
+            log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL,
+                "shmem has wrong struct sizes - recompile\n"
+            );
+            send_message("Server has software problem", 3600, true);
+            exit(0);
+        }
+
+        for (i=0; i<10; i++) {
+            if (ssp->ready) break;
+            log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::DEBUG, "waiting for ready flag\n");
+            sleep(1);
+        }
+        if (!ssp->ready) {
+            log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL, "feeder doesn't seem to be running\n");
+            send_message("Server has software problem", 3600, true);
+            exit(0);
+        }
+    }
+    return ssp;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     FILE* fin, *fout;
     int i, retval;
     char req_path[256], reply_path[256], path[256];
     SCHED_SHMEM* ssp=0;
-    void* p;
     unsigned int counter=0;
     char* code_sign_key;
-    bool project_stopped = false;
     int length=-1;
     log_messages.pid = getpid();
     bool batch = false;
@@ -263,36 +301,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         exit(0);
     }
 
-    get_project_dir(path, sizeof(path));
-    get_key(path, 'a', sema_key);
-
-    retval = attach_shmem(config.shmem_key, &p);
-    if (retval || p==0) {
-        log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL,
-            "Can't attach shmem (feeder not running?)\n"
-        );
-        project_stopped = true;
-    } else {
-        ssp = (SCHED_SHMEM*)p;
-        retval = ssp->verify();
-        if (retval) {
-            log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL,
-                "shmem has wrong struct sizes - recompile\n"
-            );
-            send_message("Server has software problem", 3600, true);
-            exit(0);
-        }
-
-        for (i=0; i<10; i++) {
-            if (ssp->ready) break;
-            log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::DEBUG, "waiting for ready flag\n");
-            sleep(1);
-        }
-        if (!ssp->ready) {
-            log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL, "feeder doesn't seem to be running\n");
-            send_message("Server has software problem", 3600, true);
-            exit(0);
-        }
+    if (!config.locality_scheduling) {
+        ssp = attach_to_feeder_shmem();
     }
 
     g_pid = getpid();
diff --git a/tools/update_versions b/tools/update_versions
index 7545ffd709..b25e914a6c 100755
--- a/tools/update_versions
+++ b/tools/update_versions
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 # $Id$
 
 """
-Scans apps dir for current core client and application versions
+Scans apps dir for application versions
 and updates the database as appropriate.
 
 config.xml must contain an <app_dir> which specifies the directory to search.
 
 apps/APPLICATION_NAME/ contains application versions for each application.
-apps/boinc/ contains core client versions (not used for most projects).
 
 Filenames must be of the form NAME_VERSION_PLATFORM[.ext].
 The prefix name and extensions .gz, .exe, .sit are ignored.
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ def add_files(
     signature_files={},
     file_ref_infos = {}
     ):
-    ''' add files to app/core.
+    ''' add files to app.
     '''
     assert(match)
     assert(exec_files[0])
@@ -106,23 +105,6 @@ def add_files(
             platform = platform,
             version_num = version_num,
             xml_doc = xml_doc)
-    else:
-        assert(not non_exec_files)      # this wouldn't make sense for core clients
-        existing_versions = database.CoreVersions.find(platform=platform, version_num=version_num)
-        if existing_versions:
-            if verbose:
-                print "  Skipping existing core version %s: %s" %(version_num, file_base)
-            return
-
-        print "  Found core version %3d for %s: %s" %(version_num, platform, file_base)
-
-        xml_doc = tools.process_app_file(exec_files[0])
-
-        object = database.CoreVersion(
-            create_time = create_time,
-            platform = platform,
-            version_num = version_num,
-            xml_doc = xml_doc)
 
     objects_to_commit.append(object)
 
@@ -133,10 +115,7 @@ def re_match_exec_filename(filepath):
     return re.match('[^.]+_([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)_([^.]+?(?:[0-9][0-9.]*[0-9])?)(?:[.]gz|[.]exe|[.]sit|[.]msi)?$', file)
 
 def find_versions(app, dir):
-    """Find application versions/core client versions in DIR.
-
-    if app==None, then dir contains core clients; else contains application
-    versions.
+    """Find application versions in DIR.
 
     If directory contains sub-directories, those are scanned (non-recursively)
     for files.  If an executable is found, the first one found
@@ -189,7 +168,7 @@ def find_versions__process_single_file(app, match, filepath):
 # possibly with signature files included.
  
 def find_versions__process_bundle(app, match, dir):
-    '''add executable + bundle as app/core version'''
+    '''add executable + bundle as app version'''
     exec_files = []
     non_exec_files = []
     signature_files = {}
@@ -244,11 +223,6 @@ def find_versions__process_bundle(app, match, dir):
 for appdir in xlistdir(config.app_dir):
     if not os.path.isdir(appdir): continue
     dirname = os.path.basename(appdir)
-    if dirname == 'boinc':
-        if verbose:
-            print "Looking for core versions in", appdir
-        find_versions(None, appdir)
-        continue
     appname = os.path.basename(appdir)
     apps = database.Apps.find(name=appname)
     if apps: