From: Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:32:51 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Clarify documentation on distro backports in version command.
X-Git-Tag: 1.2.9~15
X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4345b7c71cee75507072cdc39fb1e761def91884;p=libguestfs.git

Clarify documentation on distro backports in version command.
(cherry picked from commit 11eeb8885c7a8ffb59e12cd5fb2ae0fc324df383)
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diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 8cfd136..bab4bc0 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -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 (