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authored <ed@FreeBSD.org>2012-02-14 09:29:37 +0000
committered <ed@FreeBSD.org>2012-02-14 09:29:37 +0000
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Restore message in man page on VFS timestamp precision.
Requested by: bde, jhb
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8
index 5e8be4b..69f8845 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8
@@ -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.
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