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  r60980 | georg.brandl | 2008-02-23 16:02:28 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 2 lines

  #1492: allow overriding BaseHTTPServer's content type for error messages.
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  r60982 | georg.brandl | 2008-02-23 16:06:25 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 2 lines

  #2165: fix test_logging failure on some machines.
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  r60983 | facundo.batista | 2008-02-23 16:07:35 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 6 lines


  Issue 1089358.  Adds the siginterrupt() function, that is just a
  wrapper around the system call with the same name.  Also added
  test cases, doc changes and NEWS entry. Thanks Jason and Ralf
  Schmitt.
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  r60984 | georg.brandl | 2008-02-23 16:11:18 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 2 lines

  #2067: file.__exit__() now calls subclasses' close() method.
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  r60985 | georg.brandl | 2008-02-23 16:19:54 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 2 lines

  More difflib examples. Written for GHOP by Josip Dzolonga.
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  r60987 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-02-23 16:41:51 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 1 line

  #2072: correct documentation for .rpc_paths
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  r60988 | georg.brandl | 2008-02-23 16:43:48 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 2 lines

  #2161: Fix opcode name.
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  r60989 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-02-23 16:49:35 +0100 (Sat, 23 Feb 2008) | 2 lines

  #1119331: ncurses will just call exit() if the terminal name isn't found.
  Call setupterm() first so that we get a Python exception instead of just existing.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index 920752b..cf6f8f8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
    exception to be raised.
 
 
+
+.. function:: siginterrupt(signalnum, flag)
+
+   Change system call restart behaviour: if *flag* is :const:`False`, system calls
+   will be restarted when interrupted by signal *signalnum*, else system calls will
+   be interrupted. Returns nothing. Availability: Unix, Mac (see the man page
+   :manpage:`siginterrupt(3)` for further information).
+   
+   Note that installing a signal handler with :func:`signal` will reset the restart
+   behaviour to interruptible by implicitly calling siginterrupt with a true *flag*
+   value for the given signal.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
 .. function:: signal(signalnum, handler)
 
    Set the handler for signal *signalnum* to the function *handler*.  *handler* can