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@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ protocol that you want to run under s6. If you want to do the opposite, i.e.
run under systemd a daemon that uses the s6 notification protocol, use the
<a href="s6-notify-socket-from-fd.html">s6-notify-socket-from-fd</a> program
instead. </li>
+ <li> Despite <em>building</em> on every OS supported by s6,
+<tt>s6-notify-fd-from-socket</tt> will only <em>work</em> on systems implementing
+abstract sockets with autobind, which in practice means Linux 2.3.15 and later.
+Other systems do not have systemd anyway, so services should choose other
+notification mechanisms. </li>
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