Author: ed Date: Tue Feb 14 09:29:37 2012 New Revision: 231648 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/231648
Log: Restore message in man page on VFS timestamp precision. Requested by: bde, jhb Modified: head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 Tue Feb 14 09:19:30 2012 (r231647) +++ head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 Tue Feb 14 09:29:37 2012 (r231648) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)vipw.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 10, 2012 +.Dd February 14, 2012 .Dt VIPW 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ The .Nm utility appeared in .Bx 4.0 . +.Sh BUGS +The mechanism for checking for password file modifications requires that +the modification time of the password file changes. +This means that in a default configuration where file system timestamps +are not calculated with sub-second precision, +.Ev EDITOR +has to run for at least one second. +Non-interactive editor scripts should invoke +.Xr sleep 1 +or equivalent to ensure this happens. _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
