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Subject: docs/140474: signal(3) missing reference to NSIG
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>Number:         140474
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       signal(3) missing reference to NSIG
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 11 16:10:00 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Best
>Release:        9.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD otaku 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #1 r199160M: Wed Nov 11 00:33:45 CET 2009     root@otaku:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL  i386
>Description:
signal(3) should mention the existence NSIG and that it's assigned the highest signal number available. this note should probably also include a hint to developers that NSIG shouldn't be used to cycle through all signals, assigning them to SIG_IGN e.g.

alex
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