Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:00:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/11020: popen does not honor ISO 9899 syntax Message-ID: <200208230100.g7N109qQ021333@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/11020; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: johan@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/11020: popen does not honor ISO 9899 syntax Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:44:37 -0400 > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-standards > Responsible-Changed-By: johan > Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Aug 22 17:30:24 PDT 2002 > Responsible-Changed-Why: > the popen() library function does not recognize the optional "b" > > Is this something we want to/ should do? I don't think so. Since popen() is a POSIX-defined function it would make little sense to add an option which would be useful for extending popen() for non-UNIX platforms. Does anyone else have any comments about this, or notes about other platforms that support this extention? Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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