Remove dependency on signal() function #1535

Job	Run time
min features with gcc	2m 39s
code formatting check	29s
cppcheck	1m 49s
min features with g++	2m 41s
min features with clang	2m 53s
max features with gcc	3m 50s
max features with g++	2m 41s
max features with clang	4m 48s
max features with gcc and DEBUG	2m 6s
max features with gcc for 32-bit arch (legacy OS)	2m 22s
max features with g++ for 32-bit arch (legacy OS)	1m 55s
max features with clang for 32-bit arch (legacy OS)	2m 4s
	30m 17s

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