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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Linux or BSD? Date: 12 Apr 1996 19:04:31 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4km9fv$nm8@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <4jprsf$lo9@classic.eng.octel.com> <4kcofg$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <4kkhjp$dfr@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <4kl6v7$hgb@news.ox.ac.uk> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2957 comp.os.linux.development.system:21251 comp.os.linux.setup:50327 kebl0071@sable.ox.ac.uk (Steven Clarke) writes: > : : Linux is > : : POSIX compliant and does one or two things different than BSD. All Linux > > : Can somebody please verify this? > > Certain distributions have been certified POSIX compliant. The Linux-FT > distribution has been certified to POSIX.1 FIPS151-2 and the > distributors Lasermoon are working to incorporate the changes in the > mainstream kernels. Posix is far more than a kernel. IMHO, the major work for Posix compliance is always in userland. (For example, Posix demands that make(1) defaults the CC variable to c89 if .POSIX is set on top of the Makefile. Just to pick one oddity that quickly comes to mind.) -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j