ident: loosen getpwuid error in non-strict mode

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
index 842b8389eb867b6db654cf7fe29e8f10b92b259e..8bf3e37f5375584e5c9f4543523a40377e08686f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ produces in the caller in order to process it.
 Functions
 ---------
 
-`child_process_init`
+`child_process_init`::
 
        Initialize a struct child_process variable.
 
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Functions
        The argument dir corresponds the member .dir. The argument env
        corresponds to the member .env.
 
+`child_process_clear`::
+
+       Release the memory associated with the struct child_process.
+       Most users of the run-command API don't need to call this
+       function explicitly because `start_command` invokes it on
+       failure and `finish_command` calls it automatically already.
+
 The functions above do the following:
 
 . If a system call failed, errno is set and -1 is returned. A diagnostic
@@ -169,6 +176,11 @@ string pointers (NULL terminated) in .env:
 . If the string does not contain '=', it names an environment
   variable that will be removed from the child process's environment.
 
+If the .env member is NULL, `start_command` will point it at the
+.env_array `argv_array` (so you may use one or the other, but not both).
+The memory in .env_array will be cleaned up automatically during
+`finish_command` (or during `start_command` when it is unsuccessful).
+
 To specify a new initial working directory for the sub-process,
 specify it in the .dir member.