[src/trunk]: src/usr.sbin/paxctl Merge changes from David H. Gutteridge in PR...

[pgoyette <pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/dc350e1df223
branches:  trunk
changeset: 818938:dc350e1df223
user:      pgoyette <pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Nov 08 03:20:07 2016 +0000

description:
Merge changes from David H. Gutteridge in PR misc/51612

Thanks!

diffstat:

 usr.sbin/paxctl/paxctl.8 |  9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (30 lines):

diff -r d83ca3a29e56 -r dc350e1df223 usr.sbin/paxctl/paxctl.8
--- a/usr.sbin/paxctl/paxctl.8  Tue Nov 08 03:05:36 2016 +0000
+++ b/usr.sbin/paxctl/paxctl.8  Tue Nov 08 03:20:07 2016 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: paxctl.8,v 1.14 2014/03/18 18:20:47 riastradh Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: paxctl.8,v 1.15 2016/11/08 03:20:07 pgoyette Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright 2006 Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 .\" Copyright 2008 Christos Zoulas <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd September 17, 2009
+.Dd November 7, 2016
 .Dt PAXCTL 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@
 utility currently uses
 .Xr elf 5
 .Dq note
-sections to mark executables as PaX Segvguard enabled.
+sections to mark executables as having PaX flags enabled.
 This will be done using
 .Xr fileassoc 9
 in the future so that we can control who does the marking and
-not altering the binary file signature.
+not altering the binary file signature. (Note this also means that
+at present any flags set do not survive binary file upgrades.)