man: clarify that applications must ignore unknown fields

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Lennart Poettering 2012-03-06 18:17:07 +01:00
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<para>Operating system vendors may extend the file
format and introduce new fields. It is highly
recommended to prefix new fields with an OS specific
name in order to avoid name clashes. Example:
name in order to avoid name clashes. Applications
reading this file must ignore unknown fields. Example:
<literal>DEBIAN_BTS="debbugs://bugs.debian.org/"</literal></para>
</refsect1>