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commit 1e12912975fa010aed6271cf0e20ab09697ad688
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 20 22:10:41 2026 -0500
roff(7): Clarify "security reasons".
---
man/roff.7.man | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index b0229441e..52012a911 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -871,8 +871,11 @@ see
.I groff
offers
.IR streams ,
-identifiers for writable files,
-but for security reasons this feature is disabled by default.
+identifiers for writable files;
+.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ 's
+default \[lq]safer mode\[rq]
+disables this feature
+to prevent untrusted documents from altering the file system.
.
.
.\" BEGIN Keep roughly parallel with first paragraphs of groff.texi node
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