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authorBenno Schulenberg2015-01-10 14:41:33 +0100
committerKarel Zak2015-01-12 11:33:47 +0100
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docs: mention that setarch may not be able to set all listed architectures
[[kzak@redhat.com: - use minus in option name\ Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ It also allows to set various personality options.
The default \fIprogram\fR is \fB/bin/sh\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-\fB\-\-list\fR
-List the architectures that can be set.
+.B \-\-list
+List the architectures that \fBsetarch\fR knows about. Whether \fBsetarch\fR
+can actually set each of these architectures depends on the running kernel.
.TP
-\fB\-\-uname\-2.6\fR
-Causes the program to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6.
+.B \-\-uname\-2.6
+Causes the \fIprogram\fR to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6.
.TP
.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
Be verbose.