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+/* Addition to system header signal.h file for building GNU Emacs on
+   Windows.  It is needed because Posix mandates sig2str should appear
+   in signal.h, and Gnulib insists on assuming that, and the MinGW build
+   cannot use Gnulib's signal.h.
+
+Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+your option) any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _NT_INC_SIGNAL_H_
+# define _NT_INC_SIGNAL_H_
+
+/* Maximum size of a signal name returned by sig2str(), including the
+   terminating NUL byte.  Shamelessly stolen from Gnulib.  */
+# ifndef SIG2STR_MAX
+/* The longest one: "RTMAX", then "+" or "-", then up to 10 digits, then NUL.
+   Add + 2 as a reserve for the future.  */
+#  define SIG2STR_MAX (5 + 1 + 10 + 1 + 2)
+# endif
+
+int sig2str (int, char *);
+int str2sig (char const *, int *);
+
+# include_next <signal.h>
+
+#endif