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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/sysctl.2')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/sysctl.2 b/man2/sysctl.2 index a8a9d242..cec8345a 100644 --- a/man2/sysctl.2 +++ b/man2/sysctl.2 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 22:28:41 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> .\" Modified Mon Jan 5 20:31:04 1998 by aeb. .\" -.TH SYSCTL 2 2012-07-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SYSCTL 2 2012-12-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME sysctl \- read/write system parameters .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ use of this system call has long been discouraged, and it is so unloved that \fBit is likely to disappear in a future kernel version\fP. .\" See http://lwn.net/Articles/247243/ +Since Linix 2.6.24, +uses of this system call result in warnings in the kernel log. +.\" Though comments in suggest that it is needed by old glibc binaries, +.\" so maybe it's not going away. Remove it from your programs now; use the .I /proc/sys interface instead. |