git: 6a847b6d1ee8 - stable/13 - linux.4: clarify path translation
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:23:06 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by emaste:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6a847b6d1ee8ccf7e109d13bece2ad634672e6ff
commit 6a847b6d1ee8ccf7e109d13bece2ad634672e6ff
Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-08-19 13:43:37 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-08-26 13:22:58 +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>.
As suggested by martin@lispworks.com, refer to the compat path
explicitly, and correct an existing grammaro.
PR: 277804
Reviewed by: fernape
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
(cherry picked from commit f66e71fa78e16164339f7fd4791306fb30165581)
(cherry picked from commit d1daec3d358eb5aaa38fa7c95fbfa330c46a69a1)
(cherry picked from commit 226c733737383478f3c1d3f8c119207136c05de0)
---
share/man/man4/linux.4 | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/linux.4 b/share/man/man4/linux.4
index 0efc469985f9..0659651d6596 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/linux.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/linux.4
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ under
.Pa /compat/linux )
before
.Pa / .
-For example, when Linux process attempts to open
+For example, when a 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 compat path 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