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Re: A few questions



Viktor Ransmayr <viktor.ransmayr@i-dial.de> writes:

> Q1) Chapter 1: Related Standards
>    What is the rationale for the choice of related standards ?
> 
>    - Is there a reason to use POSIX.1-1990 as the base, and not
>      POSIX.1-1995 ?

Good question, I suspect this may be due to what test suites are
available.  However, we should target the most recent POSIX.
 
>    - Is there a need to distinguish between SUS.v1 ( UNIX95 )
>      and SUS.v2 ( UNIX98 ) ?

Yes, there is.
 
> Q4) Chapter 9: Execution Environment
>    What does the FHS2.0 have to do with the execution environment,
>    i.e. shouldn't FHS allready be mentioned in chapter 2 ?

I would mention it with the other standards since the LSB isn't
exclusively a binary compatibility standard (POSIX.2 is also
referenced).

- Dan


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