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Date:      Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:09:29 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r336584 - head/share/man/man5
Message-ID:  <201807211909.w6LJ9Toi083075@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: 0mp (ports committer)
Date: Sat Jul 21 19:09:29 2018
New Revision: 336584
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/336584

Log:
  Mention the Linux compatibility layer instead of the Linux emulator in the BUGS section.
  
  linux(4) explicitly states that it is not an emulator.
  
  While here, pet mandoc and igor.
  
  Reviewed by:	mat (mentor), rpokala
  Approved by:	manpages (rpokala), mat (mentor)
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16375

Modified:
  head/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5

Modified: head/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5	Sat Jul 21 18:54:24 2018	(r336583)
+++ head/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5	Sat Jul 21 19:09:29 2018	(r336584)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 30, 1999
+.Dd July 21, 2018
 .Dt SYSCTL.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ file is read in when the system goes into multi-user m
 settings for the kernel.
 The
 .Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
-is in the format of the
+file is in the format of the
 .Xr sysctl 8
-command, i.e.\&
+command, i.e.,
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 sysctl_mib=value
 .Ed
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal
 a configuration like
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 # Configure logging.
-kern.logsigexit=0	# Do not log fatal signal exits (e.g. sig 11)
+kern.logsigexit=0	# Do not log fatal signal exits (e.g., sig 11)
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr rc.conf 5 ,
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ If loadable kernel modules are used to introduce addit
 functionality and sysctls to manage that functionality,
 .Nm
 may be processed too early in the boot process to set those sysctls.
-For example, sysctls to manage the linux emulator cannot be set in
+For example, sysctls to manage the Linux compatibility layer
+.Po
+.Xr linux 4
+.Pc
+cannot be set in
 .Nm
-if the linux emulator is loaded as a module rather than
+if the Linux compatibility layer is loaded as a module rather than
 compiled into the kernel.



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