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This function is missing on some platforms:
-Minix 3.1.8, Solaris 2.4, mingw, BeOS.
+Minix 3.1.8, Solaris 2.4, mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS.
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This function is declared in @code{<pthread.h>} instead of @code{<signal.h>}
on some platforms:
-MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.4, OpenBSD 3.8, OSF/1 4.0, Solaris 2.6.
+Mac OS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.4, OpenBSD 3.8, OSF/1 4.0, Solaris 2.6.
@item
This function does nothing and always returns 0 in programs that are not
linked with @code{-lpthread} on some platforms:
FreeBSD 6.4, HP-UX 11.31, Solaris 9.
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-When it fails, this functions returns -1 instead of the error number on
+When it fails, this functions returns @minus{}1 instead of the error number on
some platforms:
Cygwin 1.7.5.
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