getcontext.2: Note that POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of getcontext()

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.TH GETCONTEXT 2 2001-11-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH GETCONTEXT 2 2009-03-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getcontext, setcontext \- get or set the user context
.SH SYNOPSIS
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None defined.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
SUSv2, POSIX.1-2001.
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
.BR getcontext (),
citing portability issues, and
recommending that applications be rewritten to use POSIX threads instead.
.SH NOTES
The earliest incarnation of this mechanism was the
.BR setjmp (3)/ longjmp (3)