Re: Bug#34956: ps formatting problem (fwd)
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:19:09 -0500 (EST), "Albert D. Cahalan" wrote:
>> There is a legitimate argument for this change: compatibility with Solaris
>> and IRIX, possibly all System V-derived systems. Code that relies on this
>
>Make that: Solaris, IRIX, Digital UNIX, and AIX. (basically every UNIX)
>Considering the above, portable UNIX apps may indeed expect a useful
>return value.
Last I checked, 4BSD and its derivatives were implementations of UNIX.
This includes commercial operating systems still in wide use, such as
SunOS 4 and Digital UNIX.
>> behavior is not portable to BSD-derived systems, and glibc has chosen to
>> follow that lead instead. (In general, glibc chooses BSD behavior when C
>> and POSIX specify nothing.)
>
>Are we a UNIX clone or a BSD clone?
In general glibc chooses BSD behavior when C and POSIX specify nothing.
>I see a perfectly good Free Software version of BSD. Actually, there
>are three of them. I don't see a good Free Software version of UNIX.
>It would be pretty stupid to clone existing Free Software. If I want
>to get BSD behavior, duh, I might just get the real thing!
If you want System V, you know where to find it.
zw
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