git: f66e71fa78e1 - main - linux.4: clarify path translation

From: Ed Maste <emaste_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:14:53 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=f66e71fa78e16164339f7fd4791306fb30165581

commit f66e71fa78e16164339f7fd4791306fb30165581
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-08-19 13:43:37 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-08-19 14:14:28 +0000

    linux.4: clarify path translation
    
    Try to be a little more explicit about the path translation mechanism
    accessing /compat/linux/<path> then falling back to /<path>.
    
    PR:             277804
    Reviewed by:    fernape
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
---
 share/man/man4/linux.4 | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man4/linux.4 b/share/man/man4/linux.4
index 212dd2526f3f..b404c9e1c04d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/linux.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/linux.4
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ before
 .Pa / .
 For example, when Linux process attempts to open
 .Pa /etc/passwd ,
-it will really access
+it will first access
 .Pa /compat/linux/etc/passwd ,
-unless the latter does not exist.
+falling back to
+.Pa /etc/passwd
+if the former does not exist.
 This is used to make sure Linux processes load Linux shared libraries
 instead of their similarly-named FreeBSD counterparts, and also
 to provide alternative versions of certain other files and virtual