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-rw-r--r--manual/creature.texi22
-rw-r--r--manual/filesys.texi7
-rw-r--r--manual/math.texi2
-rw-r--r--manual/signal.texi9
-rw-r--r--manual/startup.texi5
5 files changed, 12 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/manual/creature.texi b/manual/creature.texi
index bbf16b7f27..3c686165f1 100644
--- a/manual/creature.texi
+++ b/manual/creature.texi
@@ -73,20 +73,6 @@ edition is made available.
 @end defvr
 
 @comment (none)
-@comment GNU
-@defvr Macro _BSD_SOURCE
-If you define this macro, functionality derived from 4.3 BSD Unix is
-included as well as the @w{ISO C}, POSIX.1, and POSIX.2 material.
-@end defvr
-
-@comment (none)
-@comment GNU
-@defvr Macro _SVID_SOURCE
-If you define this macro, functionality derived from SVID is
-included as well as the @w{ISO C}, POSIX.1, POSIX.2, and X/Open material.
-@end defvr
-
-@comment (none)
 @comment X/Open
 @defvr Macro _XOPEN_SOURCE
 @comment (none)
@@ -192,9 +178,9 @@ precedence.
 @comment GNU
 @defvr Macro _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 If you define this macro, most features are included apart from
-X/Open, LFS and GNU extensions; the effect is similar to defining
-@code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} to @code{200809L} and @code{_POSIX_SOURCE},
-@code{_SVID_SOURCE}, and @code{_BSD_SOURCE} to 1.  Defining this
+X/Open, LFS and GNU extensions: the effect is to enable features from
+the 2008 edition of POSIX, as well as certain BSD and SVID features
+without a separate feature test macro to control them.  Defining this
 macro, on its own and without using compiler options such as
 @option{-ansi} or @option{-std=c99}, has the same effect as not
 defining any feature test macros; defining it together with other
@@ -229,4 +215,4 @@ it is harmless to define in addition a feature test macro for a subset of
 those features.  For example, if you define @code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE}, then
 defining @code{_POSIX_SOURCE} as well has no effect.  Likewise, if you
 define @code{_GNU_SOURCE}, then defining either @code{_POSIX_SOURCE} or
-@code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} or @code{_SVID_SOURCE} as well has no effect.
+@code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} as well has no effect.
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index 1c9d7d7707..9bf5baf2c2 100644
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ seeing this value in a @code{ftw} callback function means the referenced
 file does not exist.  The situation for @code{nftw} is different.
 
 This value is only available if the program is compiled with
-@code{_BSD_SOURCE} or @code{_XOPEN_EXTENDED} defined before including
+@code{_XOPEN_EXTENDED} defined before including
 the first header.  The original SVID systems do not have symbolic links.
 @end vtable
 
@@ -2553,8 +2553,9 @@ the file's modification time onto disk reliably (the idea being that
 no-one cares for a swap file).
 
 This bit is only available on BSD systems (and those derived from
-them).  Therefore one has to use the @code{_BSD_SOURCE} feature select
-macro to get the definition (@pxref{Feature Test Macros}).
+them).  Therefore one has to use the @code{_GNU_SOURCE} feature select
+macro, or not define any feature test macros, to get the definition
+(@pxref{Feature Test Macros}).
 @end table
 
 The actual bit values of the symbols are listed in the table above
diff --git a/manual/math.texi b/manual/math.texi
index 152744147c..a884cb7c29 100644
--- a/manual/math.texi
+++ b/manual/math.texi
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The reciprocal of the square root of two (also the square root of 1/2).
 @end vtable
 
 These constants come from the Unix98 standard and were also available in
-4.4BSD; therefore they are only defined if @code{_BSD_SOURCE} or
+4.4BSD; therefore they are only defined if
 @code{_XOPEN_SOURCE=500}, or a more general feature select macro, is
 defined.  The default set of features includes these constants.
 @xref{Feature Test Macros}.
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
diff --git a/manual/startup.texi b/manual/startup.texi
index a5d2d2f5e2..9a091a5151 100644
--- a/manual/startup.texi
+++ b/manual/startup.texi
@@ -379,9 +379,8 @@ reflect automatically in the environment.  This also requires that
 variable is removed from the environment.  The same applies of course to
 dynamically allocated variables which are freed later.
 
-This function is part of the extended Unix interface.  Since it was also
-available in old SVID libraries you should define either
-@var{_XOPEN_SOURCE} or @var{_SVID_SOURCE} before including any header.
+This function is part of the extended Unix interface.  You should define
+@var{_XOPEN_SOURCE} before including any header.
 @end deftypefun