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execve.2: Correct the versions of Linux that don't have ARG_MAX argv/envp size 

I just happened upon this inconsistent text while reading `man 2
execve`.  The code in question landed in 2.6.23 as b6a2fea39318
("mm: variable length argument support").

Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ so that, even when
.BR RLIMIT_STACK
is set very low,
applications are guaranteed to have at least as much argument and
environment space as was provided by Linux 2.6.23 and earlier.
environment space as was provided by Linux 2.6.22 and earlier.
(This guarantee was not provided in Linux 2.6.23 and 2.6.24.)
Additionally, the limit per string is 32 pages (the kernel constant
.BR MAX_ARG_STRLEN ),