Clarify documentation on distro backports in version command.
authorRichard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Thu, 27 May 2010 09:32:51 +0000 (10:32 +0100)
committerRichard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Thu, 27 May 2010 09:33:37 +0000 (10:33 +0100)
src/generator.ml

index 620395b..c6a1262 100755 (executable)
@@ -810,8 +810,10 @@ C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
 See also: L<guestfs(3)/LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS>.
 
 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
-of features.  Distro backports makes this unreliable.  Use
-C<guestfs_available> instead.");
+of features.  In enterprise distributions we backport
+features from later versions into earlier versions,
+making this an unreliable way to test for features.
+Use C<guestfs_available> instead.");
 
   ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
    [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (