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>
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 18:36:02 +0000 (19:36 +0100)
(cherry picked from commit 11eeb8885c7a8ffb59e12cd5fb2ae0fc324df383)

src/generator.ml

index 8cfd136..bab4bc0 100755 (executable)
@@ -807,8 +807,10 @@ 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 (