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@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ set to
.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
.Xr sigsuspend 2 ,
.Xr sigvec 2
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn sigpause
+function is implemented for compatibility with historic
+.Bx 4.3
+applications.
+An incompatible interface by the same name, which used a single signal number
+rather than a mask, was present in
+.At V ,
+and was copied from there into the
+.Sy X/Open System Interfaces
+.Pq Tn XSI
+option of
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn sigpause
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