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pivot_root.2: Minor fix: place some text at a more logical location in the page 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2019-07-27 07:07:32 +02:00
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@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ the current root.
number of \fI/..\fP to the string pointed to by \fIput_old\fP must yield
the same directory as \fInew_root\fP.
.IP \- 3
.I new_root
must be a mount point.
(If it is not otherwise a mount point, it suffices to bind mount
.I new_root
on top of itself.)
.IP \- 3
The propagation type of
.I new_root
and its parent mount must not be
.BR MS_SHARED ;
similarly, if
.I put_old
is an existing mount point, its propagation type must not be
.BR MS_SHARED .
.IP \- 3
No other filesystem may be mounted on \fIput_old\fP.
.PP
See also
@ -90,21 +105,6 @@ or
.BR pivot_root (),
see also below), not the old root directory, but the
mount point of that filesystem is mounted on \fIput_old\fP.
.PP
.I new_root
must be a mount point.
(If it is not otherwise a mount point, it suffices to bind mount
.I new_root
on top of itself.)
.PP
The propagation type of
.I new_root
and its parent mount must not be
.BR MS_SHARED ;
similarly, if
.I put_old
is an existing mount point, its propagation type must not be
.BR MS_SHARED .
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and