man: don't claim we'd unblock the specified signal in sd_event_add_signal()

We don't, the signal remains blocked. We use signalfd() to be able to
read the signal events without unblocking the signal.

While we are at it, mention that pthread_sigmask() is fine too.
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project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for further information.</para>
<para>Only a single handler may be installed for a specific
signal. The signal will be unblocked by this call, and must be
blocked before this function is called in all threads (using
<para>Only a single handler may be installed for a specific signal. The signal must be blocked in all
threads before this function is called (using <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sigprocmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
<citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sigprocmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>). If
the handler is not specified (<parameter>handler</parameter> is
<constant>NULL</constant>), a default handler which causes the
program to exit cleanly will be used.</para>
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pthread_sigmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>). If
the handler is not specified (<parameter>handler</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>), a default
handler which causes the program to exit cleanly will be used.</para>
<para>By default, the event source is enabled permanently
(<constant>SD_EVENT_ON</constant>), but this may be changed with
@ -189,7 +188,9 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_userdata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_floating</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sigprocmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pthread_sigmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>