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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2021-03-02 09:35:22 +0100
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2021-03-02 09:35:22 +0100
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man: add note about "SIG" prefix
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diff --git a/man/systemd-coredump.xml b/man/systemd-coredump.xml
index 8ddb8ef3ca..98d4af57e4 100644
--- a/man/systemd-coredump.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-coredump.xml
@@ -238,8 +238,14 @@ COREDUMP_FILENAME=/var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.Web….552351.….zst
<term><varname>COREDUMP_SIGNAL_NAME=</varname></term>
<term><varname>COREDUMP_SIGNAL=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>The terminating signal name and numerical value. (Both are included because signal
- numbers vary by architecture.)</para>
+ <listitem><para>The terminating signal name (with the <literal>SIG</literal> prefix
+ <footnote><para><citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ expects signal names <emphasis>without</emphasis> the prefix; <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> uses
+ the prefix; all systemd tools accept signal names both with and without the prefix.
+ </para></footnote>) and numerical value. (Both are included because signal numbers vary by
+ architecture.)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>