From ebff53b33969c4fbf136ec8c28dfb16488c7ad1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:05:37 +0000
Subject: 	* cygserver.sgml: Note the fact that slave tty/pty handle
 dispersal is 	unsed as of Cygwin 1.7.6. 	* new-features.sgml
 (ov-new1.7.6): New section.  Add tty/pty and 	setrlimit changes.

---
 winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml')

diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml
index b78a93ac4..2fa9376ff 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
   The implemented services so far are:
 </para>
 <itemizedlist mark="bullet">
-  <listitem><para>Control slave tty/pty handle dispersal from tty owner to other
-    processes without compromising the owner processes' security.</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>XSI IPC Message Queues.</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>XSI IPC Semaphores.</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>XSI IPC Shared Memory.</para></listitem>
@@ -25,6 +23,11 @@
   passwords in <command>set(e)uid</command> does not require running
   Cygserver.  For details, see <xref linkend="ntsec-setuid-overview"></xref>.
   </para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>This functionality is no longer used since Cygwin 1.7.6,
+  but the interface is still available:  Control slave tty/pty handle dispersal
+  from tty owner to other processes without compromising the owner processes'
+  security.  Starting with Cygwin 1.7.6 another safe mechanism to share tty/pty
+  handles is used.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </sect2>
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