James, Eric,
> we're trying to get rid of a findutils construct:
>
> -#if defined SIGCLD && !defined SIGCHLD
> -# define SIGCHLD SIGCLD
> -#endif
>
> and need to know if gnulib's replacement <signal.h> needs to guarantee
> this definition of SIGCHLD, or if the only platforms where only SIGCLD
> existed are now so old to not be worth worrying about.
As far as I can see, all platforms except native Windows nowadays have SIGCHLD.
- I find it defined in <signal.h> or <sys/signal.h> of all relevant platforms.
- coreutils/src/{sort.c,timeout.c} use SIGCHLD unconditionally, and I'm not
aware of a bug report because of that.
Bruno
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