Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:07:09 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Thomas Quinot <thomas@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-standards@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: standards/104743: Wrong values for _POSIX_ minimal limits Message-ID: <20061025145946.R3107@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20061024155621.GA97295@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <20061024104712.890B35C68E@melamine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <20061024155621.GA97295@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Thomas Quinot wrote: > On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 12:47:12PM +0200, Thomas Quinot wrote: > >> The FreeBSD version of standard C header file <limits.h> is not >> conforming to the Single UNIX Specification version 2. > > ... but most of them actually *are* conformant with the later revision > SUSv3 (POSIX 1003.1 TC1). > >> -#define _POSIX_CHILD_MAX 25 >> -#define _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX 8 >> -#define _POSIX_OPEN_MAX 20 >> -#define _POSIX_PATH_MAX 256 >> -#define _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX 6 > > These are actually correct with respect to the later specification. _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX = 8 is also correct with respect to some former specifications (1996, 2001, but not 1990). Apparently, supplementary groups are optional again. Bruce
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