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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