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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Why is <sys/signal.h> not included in /usr/include/sys/param.h?
Message-ID: <16710064@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 90 19:18:29 GMT
References: <ARONS.90Sep27143138@ash.ucdavis.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> The subject line says it all.  This is under hp-ux 7.0. It looks like
> a recent deletion.

Presumably it was deleted because:

   It was not needed for any documented or undocumented interface.
   It was never documented, so should not have been relied upon.
   Continuing to include it would slow down compilations.

Dave Decot
(These are not necessarily HP's opinions.)