docs: note about empty environment in child processes

Fixes #1794.
nodejs · Sep 29, 2011 · 3fc01d9 · 3fc01d9
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@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ Example of checking for failed exec:
       }
     });
 
+Note that if spawn receives an empty options object, it will result in
+spawning the process with an empty environment rather than using
+`process.env`. This due to backwards compatibility issues with a deprecated
+API.
 
 See also: `child_process.exec()`