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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH bsd_signal 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH bsd_signal 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
bsd_signal \- signal handling with BSD semantics
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <signal.h>
-.PP
+.P
.B typedef void (*sighandler_t)(int);
-.PP
+.P
.BI "sighandler_t bsd_signal(int " signum ", sighandler_t " handler );
.fi
-.PP
+.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.BR bsd_signal ():
.nf
Since glibc 2.26:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The
.BR bsd_signal ()
function takes the same arguments, and performs the same task, as
.BR signal (2).
-.PP
+.P
The difference between the two is that
.BR bsd_signal ()
is guaranteed to provide reliable signal semantics, that is:
@@ -73,14 +73,13 @@ T{
.BR bsd_signal ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH VERSIONS
Use of
.BR bsd_signal ()
should be avoided; use
.BR sigaction (2)
instead.
-.PP
+.P
On modern Linux systems,
.BR bsd_signal ()
and
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ But on older systems,
provided unreliable signal semantics; see
.BR signal (2)
for details.
-.PP
+.P
The use of
.I sighandler_t
is a GNU extension;