Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:32:06 -0800 From: "Justin C. Walker" <justin@apple.com> To: "'Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <Hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RE: AIX going BSD Message-ID: <199903311632.IAA00613@walker3.apple.com>
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> From: "Alton, Matthew" <Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com>
> Date: 1999-03-31 08:00:22 -0800
>
> This lends credence to my lond-held hypothesis that all
> commercial UNICES are secretly floating on 4.4BSD UNIX -
> The OS that God runs on his PDP/11 up in Heaven. No
> wonder they won't free up their source code. It'd be too
> embarassing.
AIX has always had strong BSD support, from Version 1 on.
They've never hidden it, and in fact, the documentation generally
points out where compatibility is is good or bad. Certainly the
header files from BSD have always been there, particularly for
networking...
Can't speak for all commercial unices, but I'd hazzard a
guess that Solaris and SCO aren't exactly 4.4 BSD.
Regards,
Justin
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ladavac Marino [SMTP:mladavac@metropolitan.at]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 2:14 AM
> > To: 'hackers'
> > Subject: AIX going BSD
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > yesterday I was compiling a program which uses sys/queue.h macros and
> > the compilation did not fail even though I have forgotten to
install the
> > header file (the program was originally developed on my FreeBSD
box at
> > home).
> >
> > Saying "neat, they have a compatible queue.h" I went to look at it:
> >
> > $ uname -a
> > AIX lmh0109 3 4 000770344C00
> > $ grep rgrimes /usr/include/sys/queue.h
> > * queue.h,v 1.3 1995/05/30 08:14:30 rgrimes Exp
> >
> > It gets better:
> >
> > $ grep BSD /usr/include/netinet/*
> > icmp6_var.h:/* $NetBSD: icmp_var.h,v 1.8 1995/03/26
20:32:19 jtc Exp $
> > */
> > if_ether6.h:/* $NetBSD: if_ether.h,v 1.12 1995/03/06
19:06:11 glass Exp
> > $ */
> > in6_var.h:/* $NetBSD: in_var.h,v 1.8 1994/06/29 06:38:13
cgd Exp $
> > */
> > ip6_icmp.h:/* $NetBSD: ip_icmp.h,v 1.6 1994/06/29 06:38:18
cgd Exp $
> > */
> > ip6_var.h:/* $NetBSD: ip_var.h,v 1.10 1994/06/29 06:38:29
cgd Exp $
> > */
> > udp6_var.h:/* $NetBSD: udp_var.h,v 1.7 1994/06/29 06:38:58
cgd Exp $
> > */
> >
> > Do you think it would be possible to use that?
> >
> > BTW, all Berkeley licenses are intact (neat, IBM).
> >
> > /Marino
> > --
> > Marino Ladavac, Dipl.-Ing. Metropolitan Datenserviceges.m.b.H
> > e-mail: mladavac@metropolitan.at
> > GSM: +43 676 309 79 67
> >
> >
> >
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