Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S129116AbQKMUBD>; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:01:03 -0500
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S129159AbQKMUAx>; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:00:53 -0500
Received: from asterix.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de ([134.109.132.84]:3235 "EHLO
	asterix.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP
	id <S129177AbQKMUAi>; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:00:38 -0500
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:28:01 +0100
From: Ingo Oeser <ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Cc: Steven_Snyder@3com.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: State of Posix compliance in v2.2/v2.4 kernel?
Message-ID: <20001113212801.T947@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de>
In-Reply-To: <88256996.00577D9E.00@hqoutbound.ops.3com.com> <3A101009.5F05DA18@mandrakesoft.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i
In-Reply-To: <3A101009.5F05DA18@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 11:00:09AM -0500
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 11:00:09AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Also, from what I've seen lately on IRC and lkml, the Single Unix
> Specification ("SuS") is generally held in higher regard than POSIX; and
> when spec questions arise, kernel developers tend to check SuS before
> POSIX (if POSIX is checked at all).

One reason for this: You can read SuS online from the net, but
you have to buy your copy of the POSIX standards before you could
look into it.

But POSIX compliance is fortunatly noted in the man pages ;-)

Regards

Ingo Oeser
-- 
To the systems programmer, users and applications
serve only to provide a test load.
<esc>:x
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/