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pivot_root.2: Remove BUGS section 

One of these "bugs" is a philosophical point already covered
elsewhere in the page, while the other is a somewhat obscure joke.
Both pieces are a bit of a distraction, really.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ must be directories.
.IP \-
\fInew_root\fP and \fIput_old\fP must not be on the same filesystem as
the current root.
In particular,
.IR new_root
can't be
.IR """/"""
(but can be a bind mounted directory on the current root filesystem).
.IP \-
\fIput_old\fP must be underneath \fInew_root\fP, that is, adding a nonzero
number of \fI/..\fP to the string pointed to by \fIput_old\fP must yield
@ -215,15 +220,6 @@ and exec the new
.BR init (1).
Helper programs for this process exist; see
.BR switch_root (8).
.SH BUGS
.BR pivot_root ()
should not have to change root and current working directory of other
processes in the system.
.PP
Some of the more obscure uses of
.BR pivot_root ()
may quickly lead to
insanity.
.SH EXAMPLE
.PP
The program below demonstrates the use of