Re: [patch] fsck.minix.c, mkfs.minix.c: use bsd_signal()

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Karel Zak wrote:
> > time bomb to have lying around, and that bsd_signal() [which *IS* in  
> > POSIX!] is a better choice, alternatively the following function:
>
>  IEEE P1003.1 Draft 4, 11 January 2008:
>
>
>    B.3.1 System Interfaces Removed in this Version
>                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>    B.3.1.3 bsd_signal
>
>    Applications are recommended to use the sigaction( ) function
>    instead of this function.

You're right.  Hadn't looked at the 2008 draft.

Either way, sigaction() is the Right Thing -- in my own code I often use 
the already-mentioned xsignal() wrapper for simplicity.

	-hpa
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