changeset 52783:3832b88b0957

Load average can throw error.
author Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
date Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:43:20 +0000
parents 85ff8647dab6
children 025f7b9061e6
files lispref/os.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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)