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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-07-30 14:14:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-09-23 13:11:19 +0200 |
| commit | bbae63c5806f5c7fe4dc2834c63c50475b1e83e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f3e202b04a6ec4735aa17671999238ff8a70123 | |
| parent | 41d4557c091c52a592042e3c4b73b15034802bb6 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-bbae63c5806f5c7fe4dc2834c63c50475b1e83e6.tar.gz | |
pivot_root.2: Remove BUGS section
One of these "bugs" is a philosophical point already covered
elsewhere in the page, while the other is a somewhat obscure joke.
Both pieces are a bit of a distraction, really.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/pivot_root.2 | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2 index 0e80b8a358..4abca563d4 100644 --- a/man2/pivot_root.2 +++ b/man2/pivot_root.2 @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ must be directories. .IP \- \fInew_root\fP and \fIput_old\fP must not be on the same filesystem as the current root. +In particular, +.IR new_root +can't be +.IR """/""" +(but can be a bind mounted directory on the current root filesystem). .IP \- \fIput_old\fP must be underneath \fInew_root\fP, that is, adding a nonzero number of \fI/..\fP to the string pointed to by \fIput_old\fP must yield @@ -215,15 +220,6 @@ and exec the new .BR init (1). Helper programs for this process exist; see .BR switch_root (8). -.SH BUGS -.BR pivot_root () -should not have to change root and current working directory of other -processes in the system. -.PP -Some of the more obscure uses of -.BR pivot_root () -may quickly lead to -insanity. .SH EXAMPLE .PP The program below demonstrates the use of |