clarify what happens when kill(-1, ...) does nothing

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nia 2021-02-08 01:00:49 +00:00
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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $NetBSD: kill.2,v 1.23 2014/07/15 17:39:21 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: kill.2,v 1.24 2021/02/08 01:00:49 nia Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)kill.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
.Dd July 9, 2014
.Dd February 8, 2021
.Dt KILL 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ the signal is sent to all processes excluding
system processes and the process sending the signal.
If the user is not the super user, the signal is sent to all processes
with the same uid as the user excluding the process sending the signal.
No error is returned if any process could be signaled.
No error is returned if any process could be signaled, otherwise
.Er ESRCH
is returned.
.El
.Pp
For compatibility with System V,