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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2003-10-13 19:27:15 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2003-10-13 19:27:15 +0000
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downloademacs-7c47f838af80784f52848e1310eb3fba576f0081.tar.gz
(System Environment): Clean up text for load-average errors.
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@@ -796,10 +796,10 @@ averages, which indicate the average number of processes trying to run.
If @var{use-float} is non-@code{nil}, then they are returned
as floating point numbers and without multiplying by 100.
-An error is thrown if the load average can't be obtained. In some
-cases making it work would require Emacs being installed setuid or
-setgid so that it can read kernel information, and that usually isn't
-advisable.
+If it is impossible to obtain the load average, this function signals
+an error. On some platforms, access to load averages requires
+installing Emacs as setuid or setgid so that it can read kernel
+information, and that usually isn't advisable.
@example
@group