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Date:      Sun, 9 Jul 1995 18:19:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault)
Cc:        julian@ref.tfs.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, ukkonen@aphrodite.funet.fi, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new getsid(2) system call for freebsd...
Message-ID:  <199507100119.SAA09774@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199507092035.QAA16930@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Jul 9, 95 04:35:09 pm

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> 
> Julian Elischer writes:
> 
> > I notice however that systems that are moving towards posix
> > are all implimenting this..
> > (osf and solaris to name two)
> > I assume therefore (not having POSIX docs) that it might be 
> > 1/ common
> > 2/ required
> 
> getsid() is not POSIX.

And the original thread said it _might_ become XPG required.  Well,
when we go for X/Open branding and when it _is_ part of XPG we should
do it, before then, it is just an unportable hack, IMHO.  Leave getsid
out for that simple reason.



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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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