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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-16 23:08:58 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-16 23:08:58 +0000
commit741c74fcfe3370f99090621e4fca0a4a87eb8feb (patch)
tree8e6617ef729223e78884e4cd175e5d9416107dc3 /share/man/man8
parent9bde67735b8d895acb1a8b8c3dae8b2745410769 (diff)
Make clear compat_sunos does not work with SunOS 5+ and point to
compat_svr4 for this case; aaron@ ok
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/compat_sunos.8 b/share/man/man8/compat_sunos.8
index b1077529da3..5e3de02e212 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/compat_sunos.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/compat_sunos.8
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ for kernels compiled with the
.Nm COMPAT_SUNOS
option enabled.
.Pp
+Compatibility with SunOS version 5 and later, better known as Solaris,
+is
+.Em not
+addressed by these instructions; please read the
+.Xr compat_svr4 8
+manual page instead.
+.Pp
The exceptions include programs that use the SunOS kvm library,
and various system calls, ioctl()'s, or kernel semantics
that are difficult to emulate.
@@ -99,6 +106,8 @@ This will place the SunOS libraries on your OpenBSD machine
in a location where the SunOS compatibility code will look for
first, where they do not conflict with the standard libraries.
.Pp
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr compat_svr4 8
.Sh BUGS
A list of things which fail to work in compatibility mode should
be here.