Update the description of strict mode to current reality. Aliases

haven't needed to be defined before they are used since sudo 1.7.

diff --git a/doc/visudo.cat b/doc/visudo.cat
index 6a4233c266e1f2d845ee5491fef4864c5f8a6359..597f8efa2b9324cf4c72e5cfe7057f4cf1bf27de 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/visudo.cat
+++ b/doc/visudo.cat
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
 
      -\b-s\bs, -\b--\b-s\bst\btr\bri\bic\bct\bt
                  Enable _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bc_\bt checking of the _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs file.  If an alias is
-                 used before it is defined, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will consider this a parse
-                 error.  Note that it is not possible to differentiate between
-                 an alias and a host name or user name that consists solely of
-                 uppercase letters, digits, and the underscore (`_')
-                 character.
+                 referenced but not actually defined or if there is a cycle in
+                 an alias, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will consider this a parse error.  Note that
+                 it is not possible to differentiate between an alias and a
+                 host name or user name that consists solely of uppercase
+                 letters, digits, and the underscore (`_') character.
 
      -\b-V\bV, -\b--\b-v\bve\ber\brs\bsi\bio\bon\bn
                  Print the v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo and _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs grammar versions and exit.

diff --git a/doc/visudo.man.in b/doc/visudo.man.in
index 68b381898f14d91bf8a1f77f49b8d17becad8735..49f6ac4ddcac256523da183efedf162ce1a0a1d5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/visudo.man.in
+++ b/doc/visudo.man.in
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ Enable
 checking of the
 \fIsudoers\fR
 file.
-If an alias is used before it is defined,
+If an alias is referenced but not actually defined
+or if there is a cycle in an alias,
 \fBvisudo\fR
 will consider this a parse error.
 Note that it is not possible to differentiate between an

diff --git a/doc/visudo.mdoc.in b/doc/visudo.mdoc.in
index f948b0e10c23982eb765b344ea054099b03a6b22..bdd49fc7bba31ac9c35dafe53c942dfc6332fa13 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/visudo.mdoc.in
+++ b/doc/visudo.mdoc.in
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ Enable
 checking of the
 .Em sudoers
 file.
-If an alias is used before it is defined,
+If an alias is referenced but not actually defined
+or if there is a cycle in an alias,
 .Nm
 will consider this a parse error.
 Note that it is not possible to differentiate between an