From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:13:07 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Update the description of strict mode to current reality.  Aliases
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_8_20^2~91
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=05e52c7b8243c2e333c2571a78e4b34d4d554903;p=sudo

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 6a4233c26..597f8efa2 100644
--- a/doc/visudo.cat
+++ b/doc/visudo.cat
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
 
      --ss, ----ssttrriicctt
                  Enable _s_t_r_i_c_t checking of the _s_u_d_o_e_r_s file.  If an alias is
-                 used before it is defined, vviissuuddoo 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, vviissuuddoo 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.
 
      --VV, ----vveerrssiioonn
                  Print the vviissuuddoo and _s_u_d_o_e_r_s grammar versions and exit.
diff --git a/doc/visudo.man.in b/doc/visudo.man.in
index 68b381898..49f6ac4dd 100644
--- 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 f948b0e10..bdd49fc7b 100644
--- 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