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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ux5.cso.uiuc.edu!kueh From: "Kueh, Anthony" <kueh@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: Linux or BSD? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 13:14:39 -0500 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 32 Message-ID: <Pine.Sola.3.91.960412131215.15002B-100000@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <4jprsf$lo9@classic.eng.octel.com> <4kcofg$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <4kkhjp$dfr@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <4kliik$og7@cebaf4.cebaf.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: ux5.cso.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4kliik$og7@cebaf4.cebaf.gov> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2950 comp.os.linux.development.system:21245 If you guys look in comp.os.linux.announce .. I believe there was a post regarding the official validation of Linux in regards to POSIX specifications. Linux is now officially 100% POSIX complient. -Tony On 12 Apr 1996, Larry Doolittle wrote: > Kevin P. Neal (kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote: > : Tom (lwilliam@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov) wrote: > : : Linux is > : : POSIX compliant and does one or two things different than BSD. All Linux > > : Can somebody please verify this? I mean, NetBSD says it is _almost_ > : POSIX, with a few differences because of POSIX brain damage. Did > : Linux put in that brain damage? > > : What does Linux *lack* as far as POSIX stuff? > > I don't know anything it _lacks_, but Linux include files > don't follow POSIX rules regarding namespace pollution. > Look at math.h for some examples. Is NetBSD better? > > - Larry Doolittle ldoolitt@cebaf.gov > > ------------------------------- Anthony Kueh Department of Computer Sciences kueh@uiuc.edu