[src/netbsd-2-0]: src/share/man/man4 Pullup rev 1.235 (requested by mrg in ti...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/49dd641d0836
branches:  netbsd-2-0
changeset: 560427:49dd641d0836
user:      jmc <jmc%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Apr 18 02:10:05 2004 +0000

description:
Pullup rev 1.235 (requested by mrg in ticket #143)

Flesh out description of COMPAT_AOUT.

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/options.4 |  11 +++++++++--
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (25 lines):

diff -r efec93dfb409 -r 49dd641d0836 share/man/man4/options.4
--- a/share/man/man4/options.4  Fri Apr 16 22:50:32 2004 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/options.4  Sun Apr 18 02:10:05 2004 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.232.2.2 2004/04/05 06:02:58 tron Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.232.2.3 2004/04/18 02:10:05 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996
 .\"    Perry E. Metzger.  All rights reserved.
@@ -343,7 +343,14 @@
 .It Cd options COMPAT_AOUT
 This option enables support for a.out format executables.  See
 .Em man a.out(5)
-for details on the ancient format.
+for details on the ancient format.  Note that include
+.Em COMPAT_AOUT
+is
+.Em NOT
+required to run a.out binaries and that doing so may have extremely
+undesirable effects.  it is a deprecated interface that actually is
+harmful to system binaries.  If you use this option you should know
+what you are doing.
 .It Cd options COMPAT_SVR4
 On those architectures that support it, this enables binary
 compatibility with