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From: Klaus Klein <kleink@layla.inka.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Question 1: SYSVxxxx
Date: 31 May 1997 10:40:28 +0200
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chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek) writes:

> What for do I need the SYSVxxx stuff compiled into the kernel ?
> Yes, it is clear, if I want to run applications that need SYSV-style
> communication, but what programs are that (examples please) ?

The PostgreSQL RDBMS backend, as well as GIMP are popular examples.
I'm currently working on making SAG's ADABAS D run on NetBSD; it
relies on SYSV-style IPC, too.


-klaus