Re: strange definitions of SA_* flags

Michael H. Price II (mhp1@Ra.MsState.Edu)
Mon, 14 Aug 1995 20:36:49 -0500


> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 03:53:34 GMT
> From: Ben Wing <wing@netcom.com>
> Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
>
> I have never seen SA_ONESHOT or SA_NOMASK on any other systems. Where
> did these come from? Both SunOS and SVR4 have a SA_RESETHAND that is
> equivalent to SA_ONESHOT, and SVR4 has a SA_NODEFER that is equivalent to
> SA_NOMASK.

Apparently you aren't familiar with any version of BSD Unix. I believe
these relate directly to signal changes around version 4.2 and 4.3.

Michael