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sysctl.2: Calls to sysctl() log warnings to the kernel log since 2.6.24 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2012-12-20 17:33:05 +01:00
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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" Modified Tue Oct 22 22:28:41 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.\" Modified Mon Jan 5 20:31:04 1998 by aeb.
.\"
.TH SYSCTL 2 2012-07-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH SYSCTL 2 2012-12-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
sysctl \- read/write system parameters
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ use of this system call has long been discouraged,
and it is so unloved that
\fBit is likely to disappear in a future kernel version\fP.
.\" See http://lwn.net/Articles/247243/
Since Linix 2.6.24,
uses of this system call result in warnings in the kernel log.
.\" Though comments in suggest that it is needed by old glibc binaries,
.\" so maybe it's not going away.
Remove it from your programs now; use the
.I /proc/sys
interface instead.