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diff --git a/manual/signal.texi b/manual/signal.texi index f0e57ddbe4..51f68b5d3e 100644 --- a/manual/signal.texi +++ b/manual/signal.texi @@ -2141,16 +2141,9 @@ that handler will cause @code{EINTR}. @xref{Flags for Sigaction}. Another way to specify the choice is with the @code{siginterrupt} function. @xref{BSD Handler}. -@c !!! not true now about _BSD_SOURCE When you don't specify with @code{sigaction} or @code{siginterrupt} what a particular handler should do, it uses a default choice. The default -choice in @theglibc{} depends on the feature test macros you have -defined. If you define @code{_BSD_SOURCE} or @code{_GNU_SOURCE} before -calling @code{signal}, the default is to resume primitives; otherwise, -the default is to make them fail with @code{EINTR}. (The library -contains alternate versions of the @code{signal} function, and the -feature test macros determine which one you really call.) @xref{Feature -Test Macros}. +choice in @theglibc{} is to make primitives fail with @code{EINTR}. @cindex EINTR, and restarting interrupted primitives @cindex restarting interrupted primitives @cindex interrupting primitives |