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tests: support stderr verification with returns_() * tests/init.sh (returns_): Disable tracing for this wrapper function, so that stderr of the wrapped command is unchanged, allowing for verification of the contents.
author Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
date Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:20:39 +0000 (2015-02-16)
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@node sigaltstack
@section @code{sigaltstack}
@findex sigaltstack

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/sigaltstack.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Minix 3.1.8, Cygwin, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@item
@code{sigaltstack} doesn't work on HP-UX 11/IA-64 and OpenBSD
3.6/Sparc64.
@item
This function interprets the @code{ss_sp} member of @code{stack_t} as
the upper bound instead of the lower bound of the alternate stack on
some platforms:
Irix 6.5
@end itemize