Re: Specification v 0.8
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Jim Knoble wrote:
> > The Linux Standard Base, however, should be able to apply to a system
> > that is based around the Linux kernel, a completely different C library
> > that meets the spec, and completely different tools that also meet the
> > spec.
>
> Agreed. That's why I was suprised to see glibc-isms like _FD_getc
> in the spec. Guess they have to be there for now, but it is a little
> jarring.
It is very unfortunate that some of these had to be documented. Sadly however,
due to the way glibc has been implemented, they have been exposed in many
applications. Excluding them would cause many simple applications that would
otherwise have no problems to be not LSB compliant. 8-(.
Stuart
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