Re: init.d scripts and LSB
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 01:57:51PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > No, the purpose of the LSB is to provide a standard ABI and API for
> > applications to link and program against, whether or not the
> > underlying system has the Linux kernel or not.
> It has a strange name for that purpose. Is it just a misnomer?
Refer back to the /usr thread on another list...
> Is the purpose only to run applications that are within the scope of what
> the LSB defines? What about programs like CD burner software, audio
> applications and other programs that use kernel-specific ioctls? Are the
> ioctl interfaces defined in the LSB?
The LSB's very incomplete. The latest version still specifies things that
make it impossible for Debian GNU/Linux to meet the standard, let alone
FreeBSD, Solaris or the Hurd. The next version will be somewhat better,
and later versions will hopefully continue the trend.
Cheers,
aj
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