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authorkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2012-08-15 18:00:52 +0000
committerkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2012-08-15 18:00:52 +0000
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Small tweaks:
- fix macro argument - wrap long line - be more explicit about old pid_t type. MFC after: 1 week
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/aout.4 b/share/man/man4/aout.4
index 57fa15e..e44362e 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/aout.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/aout.4
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ kldload a.out
The
.Xr a.out 5
executable format was used before the release of
-.Fx 3.0.
+.Fx 3.0 .
Since i386 was the only supported architecture at that time,
.Xr a.out 5
executables can only be activated on platforms that support
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ The
.Xr a.out 5
format was mainstream quite a long time ago.
Reasonable default settings and security requirements of
-modern operating systems today contradict the default environment of that time and
-require adjustments of the system to mimic natural environment for
+modern operating systems today contradict the default environment of that time
+and require adjustments of the system to mimic natural environment for
old binaries.
.Pp
The following
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ executable images require text mapping at address 0.
.Xc
Old versions of
.Fx
-used 16-bit types for
+used signed 16-bit type for
.Vt pid_t .
Current kernels use 32-bit type for
.Vt pid_t ,
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