From nobody Tue May 26 17:16:57 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 4gPzvG2Xypz6g9C5 for ; Tue, 26 May 2026 17:16:58 +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 4gPzvF6nYLz3DgY for ; Tue, 26 May 2026 17:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1779815818; 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=Ui0dGYYY9iA1p2+wsCXiUOF/sQOjhOauQOJWRMp45+Q=; b=rMeonf1cS5yuDzaK7PuSYvw1Ue70yFqKKF/mmFa9c9CIjxqPvaOH6HfpToFe55J4h+Pus2 YSZeikt2oKaJDUvK7QXWEk3UGbvUuowqoZzQfXSpkg1JpLegSTO5akV7dlPGX1yeObz8Pt qBI7tGSdeCrS4pUiUmdx+ytFHnZ70FCelHiP6rzi0Vlfl/Iy8/TZPAcY5mTMiocwBOFNkS 53Hm2nNhvZ/IMQwUlRC38Tmi6hHc7qJOfH0anL2D10akWYRuSh3hJ1McO8/kRPmyi6Eznb +KdHEmxiZ1OLHzf13T+ba/HR1/Cx8Zf0ggWsX3s3UeXg80LKOCamx+rvnfmDkg== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1779815818; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=yqsoIoVjm0T8dRN3Zwl8A7thFBlL0gOm69E2i2NywNOdij8RCbqbWHLBXzyQFoVJkEQk8o cnBPqm4Qdy2QhRDMRkiOdvC0rUs0rtcQh+y2gSxbaaw+ZfMcdQmjsOf4PJR/Mbarve1kpB bqasHJj6CLbpH+ydIelNAyfaqsMJbVPpkSD/BZtu9N5PFiyUTsMbiCSkyIhnVFsmbuMw0D 2PH/0dWVDAQkl4uNQPdgK+8/mz1Gfa+58VwoYpfcFOz2ClfiWeEmMu98bdyVwAnesExUus 1WuaqKUMBbV6RwPu9iqf9TnSLPcp3vehPvkrz8PKDbeFpROQmEnA10cWLfstzw== 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=1779815818; 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=Ui0dGYYY9iA1p2+wsCXiUOF/sQOjhOauQOJWRMp45+Q=; b=seOwUweUGPR5XakM8fi+lUK4H/QNpliVdynr0zzS7y2GGFQnbymey2VKpYg2ztg3iHl1aa EUDuMmTiKUEHNfKH9UKAUV523fDcGKTW3IXrHt+piw7hgahOEhEbcb0ez2JfHpnpEwNyDC ejrV2/PVtPQHCpT+RU89/rKzMLuYNmPh095amyx3namWyviau2u9uRLwypdD3DryuTR/fg Z2795PLDC4i48008URzsG/Rch7sjLXs/DSZf7ESO7n79+3Ny4CstgYNDew3jNXQ89iZrma 4CEHSZYOj1TJ4ptpJA7Xn7k52rHCa5Nkg9MKW1TTypOnnt1xiFqVoWVYmGUrpQ== Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gPzvF6FCYz62V for ; Tue, 26 May 2026 17:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id 39b1c by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Tue, 26 May 2026 17:16:57 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org From: Ed Maste Subject: git: 2ca9d9256fd4 - stable/14 - 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/14 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 2ca9d9256fd4524b17260053eb4570aa6ba4d1f1 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:16:57 +0000 Message-Id: <6a15d589.39b1c.28a29b07@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/14 has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2ca9d9256fd4524b17260053eb4570aa6ba4d1f1 commit 2ca9d9256fd4524b17260053eb4570aa6ba4d1f1 Author: Ed Maste AuthorDate: 2026-05-17 14:29:29 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste CommitDate: 2026-05-26 17:16:28 +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) (cherry picked from commit be2da08e0b5b82329e36a6cf3b98f9099c6184ce) --- 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 e549843c5581..6aefd95e3b51 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 .Xr elf 5