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

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

maximilian attems wrote:
> > >
> > I dropped signal() from klibc entirely, because I didn't like the 
> > ambiguity between SysV and BSD semantics.  "On modern Linux systems" 
> > refer to the unilateral decision of glibc to switch from signal() 
> > meaning sysv_signal() to signal() meaning bsd_signal().
> >
> > This *did* turn out to be a reasonable thing to do, as most code out 
> > there that uses unadorned signal() appears to be BSD-derived.
> >
> > I specifically stated in the README for klibc that "if you want signal, 
> > compile with -Dsignal=bsd_signal or -Dsignal=sysv_signal".
>
> woow, thanks for the guidance.
> that went unnoticed in Debian/Ubuntu for all available klibc builds.
>
> will take care to have it set in the next upload, so don't have to
> bother karel with my stupid patch.
>  

OK, I just make signal() default to an alias for bsd_signal().

	-hpa
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