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Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 1997 21:59:32 -0500
From:	David Luyer <luyer@ucs.uwa.edu.au>
To:	Byron Rakitzis <byron@netapp.com>
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Subject: Re: autoconfig
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On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Byron Rakitzis wrote:
>My conclusion: It seems that rc + an autoconfig script could take
>out all the configuration options. I don't see the point of going
>with Posix, then.

The main thing I think Posix has which would be nice/useful for
portability is sigaction() - but even that isn't totally portable
(SA_ONESHOT vs SA_RESETHAND vs OS's which assume one shot).

David.