From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 11:25:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C26F3106564A for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:25:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6817F8FC12 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:25:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhgm50 with SMTP id m50so1426673yhg.13 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:25:42 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jerry@seibercom.net designates 10.101.65.5 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.101.65.5; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jerry@seibercom.net designates 10.101.65.5 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jerry@seibercom.net Received: from mr.google.com ([10.101.65.5]) by 10.101.65.5 with SMTP id s5mr913610ank.79.1330428342739 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:25:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.65.5 with SMTP id s5mr656577ank.79.1330428342601; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:25:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p18sm46420376yhh.9.2012.02.28.03.25.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:25:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3TxyJL2QzYz2CG4D for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:25:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:25:37 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120228062537.31ac74c0@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20120228110323.GA56536@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20120228091746.GA48977@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4F4CB09B.7010806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120228110323.GA56536@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlw9pBID8YkRQzgT9fSlP6DwiUGLOeh1ORWny3aEHJ03IJWGFwchWTACViUa9ealCNk8kQx Subject: Re: posix compliance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:25:43 -0000 On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:03:23 +0000 Anton Shterenlikht articulated: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 08:46:51PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On 02/28/12 19:17, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > >I'm putting together a small presentation > > >about FreeBSD for our IT support staff. > > > > > >Is fbsd POSIX compliant? Fully? Partially? > > > > > >The info here is a bit out of date: > > > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/projects/c99/index.html > > Looking at the doc its not that out of date. Just check the 9.x > > column. > > Oh.. I see. I only looked in the top table. > > Still, I don't get an idea from the table of > how close FreeBSD is to full POSIX compliance. > I guess that's the aim, isn't it? The answer is rather simple. In your presentation you would simple indicate that FreeBSD is not fully compliant. You then have the option of making copies of all the pages referenced in the above URL and including them in the presentation packet you are supplying to the group or simply referring them to the above URL. Figuring out which is more impressive I'll leave up to you. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________