docs/59214: procfs.5: Update dependants information

[Samy Al Bahra]

>Number:         59214
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       procfs.5: Update dependants information
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 12 06:00:31 PST 2003
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Samy Al Bahra
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Kerneled 
>Environment:


System: FreeBSD beastie.freebsd.local 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #0: Wed Aug 20 18:35:24 AST 2003     samy at beastie.freebsd.local:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/KERNELED i386  


>Description:


The procfs(5) man pages states the following:
     The process file system, or procfs, implements a view of the system
     process table inside the file system.  It is normally mounted on /proc,
     and is required for the complete operation of programs such as ps(1) and
     w(1).

The fact is, both ps and w are not dependant on /proc at all, rather they make
use of kvm. The fix will change to more correct wording.




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>Fix:


--- procfs.5	Fri Sep 12 14:12:17 2003
+++ /home/samy/development/freebsd/patches/doc/procfs.5	Wed Nov 12 16:20:58 2003
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 It is normally mounted on
 .Pa /proc ,
 and is required for the complete operation of programs such as
-.Xr ps 1
-and
-.Xr w 1 .
+.Xr truss 1 ,
+.Xr gcore 1
+and other applications that depend on the provided debugging facilities
+and information.
+
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm



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