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Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org,
	Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de>
Subject: Re: SIGUNUSED
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Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> writes:
> That code is wrong, SIGUNUSED is not meant to be used in that way. It
> seems to originate from Linux, but it is not available on all
> architectures there, and where it is available it is a valid signal.

>From signal(7):

       SIGUNUSED    -,31,-     Term    Unused signal (will be SIGSYS)

and there is no higher-numbered signal, but the -s mean it is not
available on at alpha, sparc64 or mips.  There is no reference to it in
any section 2 or 3 man page.

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