[Bug 216648] New: man 5 core incorrectly states circumstances in which a core is not produced

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216648

            Bug ID: 216648
           Summary: man 5 core incorrectly states circumstances in which a
                    core is not produced
           Product: Documentation
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: man-pages
          Assignee: documentation_man-pages@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
          Reporter: veluca93@gmail.com
        Regression: No

As per title, the `core` manpage states:

       There are various circumstances in which a core dump file is not
       produced:

[...]

       *  The RLIMIT_CORE (core file size) or RLIMIT_FSIZE (file size)
          resource limits for the process are set to zero; see
          getrlimit(2) and the documentation of the shell's ulimit
          command (limit in csh(1)).

However, this is not actually correct when core dumps are piped to a program,
as the section below states ...

       *  The RLIMIT_CORE limit is not enforced for core dumps that are
          piped to a program via this mechanism.

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