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diff --git a/devel/libsigsegv/pkg-descr b/devel/libsigsegv/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..20f79ed5915 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/libsigsegv/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +A library for handling page faults in user mode. A page fault occurs +when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is currently +not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful +technique for implementing: + * pageable virtual memory, + * memory-mapped access to persistent databases, + * generational garbage collectors, + * stack overflow handlers, + * distributed shared memory, + +WWW: http://libsigsegv.sourceforge.net/ |