git: bf0ffcaa5649 - stable/15 - mknod.2: properly document root requirements

Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 02:53:40 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.src
Message-ID <6a6abcb4.1c2ca.19d6ef8__41142.2519058519$1785380043$gmane$org@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
The branch stable/15 has been updated by kib:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=bf0ffcaa564949f2eb086a05f718d2f358c7afec

commit bf0ffcaa564949f2eb086a05f718d2f358c7afec
Author:     Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2026-07-28 01:00:17 +0000
Commit:     Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2026-07-30 02:52:11 +0000

    mknod.2: properly document root requirements
    
    PR:     297082
    
    (cherry picked from commit a3b5937da6159bcdaf4e635a0ad20013d4c3734d)
---
 lib/libsys/mknod.2 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/libsys/mknod.2 b/lib/libsys/mknod.2
index 7dd4985e9cb9..c13b6f1feb6b 100644
--- a/lib/libsys/mknod.2
+++ b/lib/libsys/mknod.2
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ argument is ignored.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn mknod
-system call, when called to create special files,
+system call, unless called to create FIFO,
 requires super-user privileges.
 .Pp
 The