[PATCH] execve.2: clarify signal sent to the process on late failure

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Signed-off-by: Nikola Forró <nforro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/execve.2 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index ab5843840..109c0d57d 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -640,7 +640,10 @@ failure may occur past the point of no return:
 the original executable image has been torn down,
 but the new image could not be completely built.
 In such cases, the kernel kills the process with a
-.BR SIGKILL
+.\" commit 19d860a140beac48a1377f179e693abe86a9dac9
+.BR SIGSEGV
+.RB ( SIGKILL
+until Linux 3.17)
 signal.
 .\"
 .SS Interpreter scripts
-- 
2.26.2







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