linux.4: clarify path translation

Try to be a little more explicit about the path translation mechanism
accessing /compat/linux/<path> then falling back to /<path>.

PR:		277804
Reviewed by:	fernape
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

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Ed Maste

2024-08-19 09:43:37 -04:00

parent e962b37bf0

commit f66e71fa78

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share/man/man4/linux.4

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@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ before
 .Pa / .
 For example, when Linux process attempts to open
 .Pa /etc/passwd ,
 it will really access
 it will first access
 .Pa /compat/linux/etc/passwd ,
 unless the latter does not exist.
 falling back to
 .Pa /etc/passwd
 if the former does not exist.
 This is used to make sure Linux processes load Linux shared libraries
 instead of their similarly-named FreeBSD counterparts, and also
 to provide alternative versions of certain other files and virtual