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Document acceptance of negative pid in Process.kill [ci skip]

Fixes [Bug #13501]
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Jeremy Evans 2019-07-26 08:13:34 -07:00
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@ -419,8 +419,9 @@ static void signal_enque(int sig);
* Process.kill(signal, pid, ...) -> integer
*
* Sends the given signal to the specified process id(s) if _pid_ is positive.
* If _pid_ is zero _signal_ is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal
* to the group ID of the process. _signal_ may be an integer signal number or
* If _pid_ is zero, _signal_ is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal
* to the group ID of the process. If _pid_ is negative, results are dependent
* on the operating system. _signal_ may be an integer signal number or
* a POSIX signal name (either with or without a +SIG+ prefix). If _signal_ is
* negative (or starts with a minus sign), kills process groups instead of
* processes. Not all signals are available on all platforms.