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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2023-02-01 15:34:38 +0100
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2023-02-01 15:34:38 +0100
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man: strengthen language about generator output
Inspired by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165433.
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precedence.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
+
+ <para>Note: generators <emphasis>must not</emphasis> write to other locations or otherwise make changes
+ to system state. Generator output is supposed to last only until the next
+ <command>daemon-reload</command> or <command>daemon-reexec</command>; if the generator is replaced
+ or masked, its effects should vanish.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>