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Date:      Wed, 30 Oct 1996 15:08:30 -0800
From:      "Pedro Giffuni S." <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
To:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: POSIX Conformance
Message-ID:  <3277DFEE.6ACD@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
References:  <Pine.AUX.3.94.961029141323.2671A-100000@covina.lightside.com> <199610292318.QAA22199@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199610301652.QAA16016@right.PCS>

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Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> 
> Without knowing which version the NIST code requires, I'd be a little
> leery of just going in and attempting a port.
>
Why not ask NIST? I already sent the address two times. but here it goes
again:
Martha Gray <gray@sst.ncsl.nist.gov>

What REALLY worries me is that their test suite must run UNMODIFIED,
which may mean FreeBSD should start being modified right away. Having a
port is an excellent idea, as every future release must be checked, but
it cannot be modified.

Pedro.

> Jonathan




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