Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:10:21 GMT From: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 45fb3e74d2b9 - stable/13 - procfs: Document as deprecated Message-ID: <202202181510.21IFALnL000253@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/13 has been updated by trasz: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=45fb3e74d2b9eb5f6d8f7a7864df25b1f6183d10 commit 45fb3e74d2b9eb5f6d8f7a7864df25b1f6183d10 Author: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-10-17 12:44:19 +0000 Commit: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-02-14 19:28:47 +0000 procfs: Document as deprecated Update the procfs(5) man page to clarify that it's deprecated. Reviewed By: bcr, 0mp (earlier version) Sponsored By: EPSRC Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22275 (cherry picked from commit 70774c637b87eac1d9a94bb960e6f5242dad9e43) --- share/man/man5/procfs.5 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man5/procfs.5 b/share/man/man5/procfs.5 index 8532762a154e..37da9cf82e4b 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/procfs.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/procfs.5 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" Written by Garrett Wollman .\" This file is in the public domain. .\" -.Dd March 4, 2017 +.Dd October 17, 2021 .Dt PROCFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +This functionality is deprecated. +Users are advised to use +.Xr libprocstat 3 +and +.Xr kvm 3 +instead. +.Ef +.Pp The process file system, or .Nm , implements a view of the system process table inside the file system.
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