From nobody Tue May 26 17:13:54 2026 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gPzqk4p8tz6g96V for ; Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R13" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gPzqk1sbsz3CWV for ; Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1779815634; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AHlZDGXq5nqxYrPo0EgofUJNj/VKj3bbpTaWpbNKi6Y=; b=gPzBNICWRywwUYKTws6AxuGq/gogC38HrpIkfPPrC3BrcgFhNpw6PKxyzRSTj+w5oQcg3s rx+ubFZuoF4t+JUN2p+gQH5ZwuID/A0OVpqLyUqTg+ARAQUTTEnm6O8cq8KDWU9IhRr4VT hDnPGmHmBMp/6Grjt4k36q68LxK7SUYmLibMyAUv3L0nmbFsbe/ZrYhOpZp88Y9RIdM8fS 3uvnlxoQskCvY4P1aKkvpIxFAt3lYuXOx5cz1iRknXIv8XiVFNJJ/un2TksfseyibipSqA 8sZ0gUyH8fH/GJCK1wduKnKAyh/sMuri4PjaHdH/ojbvIDmYxWwc3nlhHIONxQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1779815634; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=dt1tRCv++/Fmg4w8ROXNjdeq0JMbLxYL7TKmaluuDmChFwkyCnyGhHLjg+cGA1jSb+bfgW p8X3ZmHtF1+zwnGI2OQnRTrA5Y/O29iOb7KJ00Yahq5bR99un1zF4OS5dMOl5dIAO3kRY7 4m8wn7Ic3cTZ7P0A4bVJ1eB6Wy2tj4HPkU6bnfNlYU5V5TtZv/mZylhEFapZgV8k7CBNbw xNiwTpFIAUGylTZaO8uK5BUHzGA8Rmx9xyokkVytbT37PE6dxhhb2MkyX378O97DqxSR4R ZgiYB9jNbxxDLYXeSbDuSOLh6aMRh8F69+lRbJYxJGQF1y1YwMwvIdVUsY07Jw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1779815634; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AHlZDGXq5nqxYrPo0EgofUJNj/VKj3bbpTaWpbNKi6Y=; b=pgwTYfW/OOvm1mjKBLQ/TGm58+dBiKM9M9bWAelYduB189Ri0d1QKnGQVhHGeoNgtsJPkw qglqZA7zuGIXnYe7hYLZyjkUGGDZCvgE7m3rU9H6DHnrHhd942BUbsknwHm6tEs6f7mkSW nyooDVjqJhOndXXwyk5pD6WJevjlK/yVDtaLXrJU1LYh5WHIUkz7FmeH3DIagTZy6AckCk E2NGGuz/EZ+XBZ4GYKxkgZvS2KKNcUOArCHkw426ny04751Mz/1HkJfg7NYHnzrAxn9tCF zCla5712QjIRA/m+1/KseNGbJ2DbdCFV95PPKHAC0GzpPlx4cUR6SLX5gDKEAA== Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gPzqk1CR3z68W for ; Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id 38afa by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:54 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org From: Ed Maste Subject: git: be2da08e0b5b - stable/15 - nlist.3: Add discouraged use notice List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: emaste X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/stable/15 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: be2da08e0b5b82329e36a6cf3b98f9099c6184ce Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:54 +0000 Message-Id: <6a15d4d2.38afa.376aa22b@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/15 has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=be2da08e0b5b82329e36a6cf3b98f9099c6184ce commit be2da08e0b5b82329e36a6cf3b98f9099c6184ce Author: Ed Maste AuthorDate: 2026-05-17 14:29:29 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste CommitDate: 2026-05-26 17:13:35 +0000 nlist.3: Add discouraged use notice It is a relic from a.out days and is poorly specified. Although ELF support was added to nlist, there are better ways to access ELF data. Reviewed by: kib Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57078 (cherry picked from commit 94b7a335683abcbcd76e8b67d37e21271d81590c) --- lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 b/lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 index 876af0ab6bc1..7321c1e9215c 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn nlist +function is provided for compatibility with legacy applications. +Its use is discouraged. +The +.Fn nlist function retrieves name list entries from the symbol table of an executable file (see