Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 09:54:58 GMT From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, standards@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto Message-ID: <200210270954.g9R9swIX029380@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <20021027014427.A98289@FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> > Date: Sun 27 Oct, 2002 > Subject: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto > * De: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> [ Data: 2002-10-27 ] > [ Subjecte: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto ] > > If we do have /usr/posix, however, is there any harm in populating it > > with any XSI-compatible utilities which people are prepared to support? > > IMO you're both on the right trackish, but I'd prefer to see it like this... > > /usr/posix Strict POSIX conformance in a utility/library conflict case > /usr/bsd Strict BSD bug-for-bug compatability in a conflict case > <...> POSIX+BSD in the no-conflicts case Moving the compatibility utilities aside isn't very compatible... Can you give any examples of something you'd move to /usr/bsd? What use would there be for the version left behind? The idea of /usr/bsd on a BSD system seems a little perverse. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200210270954.g9R9swIX029380>