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Restore message in man page on VFS timestamp precision.

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Requested by:	bde, jhb
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Ed Schouten 2012-02-14 09:29:37 +00:00
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)vipw.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" @(#)vipw.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $FreeBSD$
.\" .\"
.Dd February 10, 2012 .Dd February 14, 2012
.Dt VIPW 8 .Dt VIPW 8
.Os .Os
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ The
.Nm .Nm
utility appeared in utility appeared in
.Bx 4.0 . .Bx 4.0 .
.Sh BUGS
The mechanism for checking for password file modifications requires that
the modification time of the password file changes.
This means that in a default configuration where file system timestamps
are not calculated with sub-second precision,
.Ev EDITOR
has to run for at least one second.
Non-interactive editor scripts should invoke
.Xr sleep 1
or equivalent to ensure this happens.