On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:
the point is, it's _not_ similar. as mrg mentioned it tries to solve the same problem but in a different way. i am not sure it's appropriate to refer to features of other operating systems in our manual pages, where would it stop?
Just there: I often see people ask "how can I do X in NetBSD?", and the answer usually is "X is not available in NetBSD, your problem can be solved by using Y".
Pointing people with "pivot root" on their mind to the right place was the idea for this change.
And eventually getting one less complaint that our documentation sucks... - Hubert