From: chet.ramey@case.edu (Chet Ramey)
Subject: [TUHS] MacOS X is Unix (tm)
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 12:05:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82cf47cd-e8d6-d335-e901-9c10ecf28c5e@case.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170102164913.GA5983@mcvoy.com>
On 1/2/17 11:49 AM, Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2017 at 11:44:06AM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> On 1/2/17 6:31 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>>> David <david at kdbarto.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> MacOS X is a certified Unix (tm) OS. Not Unix-Like.
>>>
>>> Given that MacOS X is not POSIX compliant, I would call it a UNIX-alike.
>>>
>>> Note that passing the certification tests unfortunately does not grant
>>> POSIX compliance :-(
>>
>> That's pretty much exactly what it means. You have either found a bug or a
>> place where the interpretation is disputed.
>
> Joerg is pretty smart, he's been around the block. There have been
> multiple POSIX standards, just like there is C9, C11, etc. My guess is
> MacOS got certified for an earlier standard and hasn't kept up.
This came up on the Posix list. He found what I consider to be a bug.
The fact that Mac OS X passed the compliance test and got the branding
is not in dispute.
>
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet at case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
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2017-01-01 0:43 ` Nick Downing
2017-01-01 10:26 ` Tim Bradshaw
2017-01-01 13:01 ` Ron Natalie
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2017-01-01 13:56 ` Tim Bradshaw
2017-01-01 19:33 ` David
2017-01-01 20:12 ` Tim Bradshaw
2017-01-03 14:11 ` David
2017-01-01 20:28 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-01-01 20:38 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-03 13:17 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-03 15:52 ` [TUHS] ZFS (was: Re: MacOS X is Unix (tm)) Michael Kjörling
2017-01-03 16:41 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-03 18:20 ` [TUHS] MacOS X is Unix (tm) Larry McVoy
2017-01-06 12:56 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-02 10:06 ` arnold
2017-01-02 11:34 ` Ron Natalie
2017-01-02 12:24 ` arnold
2017-01-02 16:42 ` Chet Ramey
2017-01-01 13:28 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-01-02 11:31 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-02 16:32 ` Nemo
2017-01-02 16:53 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-02 16:44 ` Chet Ramey
2017-01-02 16:49 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-02 17:02 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-02 17:05 ` Chet Ramey [this message]
2017-01-02 17:32 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-02 17:53 ` Chet Ramey
2017-01-02 17:37 ` Christian Neukirchen
2017-01-03 14:06 ` David
2017-01-03 14:33 ` Random832
2017-01-03 15:08 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-03 16:09 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-01-03 16:47 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-03 17:29 ` Random832
2017-01-03 17:51 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-03 14:49 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-03 17:39 ` David
2017-01-03 17:59 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-01-03 18:04 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-03 18:32 ` Ron Natalie
2017-01-03 18:33 ` Clem Cole
2017-01-03 18:35 ` Clem Cole
2017-01-03 18:45 ` Ron Natalie
2017-03-11 6:35 ` jsteve
2017-03-11 15:36 ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2017-03-11 16:33 ` Paul Winalski
2017-01-03 22:31 ` Random832
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