# HG changeset patch
# User Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
# Date 1065458600 0
# Node ID 3832b88b09574e86eff309096e2f1a4aff8253c4
# Parent  85ff8647dab6197482e7e869262d64540c36fe52
Load average can throw error.

diff -r 85ff8647dab6 -r 3832b88b0957 lispref/os.texi
--- a/lispref/os.texi	Mon Oct 06 16:41:55 2003 +0000
+++ b/lispref/os.texi	Mon Oct 06 16:43:20 2003 +0000
@@ -796,6 +796,11 @@
 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.
+
 @example
 @group
 (load-average)