[Bug 262895] access(2) man page should mention softlinks

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262895

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commit 421025a274fb5759b3ecc8bdb30b24db830b45ae
Author:     Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-05-13 08:40:12 +0000
Commit:     Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-05-13 08:40:12 +0000

    access.2: Mention that lstat(2) should be used for symbolic links

    access(), eaccess() and faccessat() will always dereference
    symbolic links.

    So add a note in the manual page, that lstat(2) should be
    used in the case of symbolic links.

    PR:     262895
    Reviewed by:    gbe, pauamma_gundo.com
    MFC after:      1 week
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D44890

 lib/libsys/access.2 | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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