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diff --git a/doc/properties.rst b/doc/properties.rst index 9261127..6df06ff 100644 --- a/doc/properties.rst +++ b/doc/properties.rst @@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ Errors in attempting to apply a property are indicated by signalling a ``:posix`` properties should not make any assumptions about what localhost is -- they may be running in the root Lisp, but they might be running in a Lisp -process running on an intermediary host, or even on the host to be configured. +image running on an intermediary host, or even on the host to be configured. They should perform I/O only by calling ``RUN``, ``RUNLINES``, ``READFILE``, ``WRITEFILE``, requesting prerequisite data, and applying or unapplying other ``:posix`` properties. Otherwise, they should be pure functions. ``:lisp`` properties, by contrast, may (and should) assume that they are -running in a Lisp process on the host to which they are to be applied, so they +running in a Lisp image on the host to which they are to be applied, so they can perform arbitrary I/O in that context. They can also make use of ``RUN``, ``RUNLINES``, ``READFILE`` and ``WRITEFILE`` if desired. |