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LSB & Posix Conflicts

Posted by Hemos on from the understand-it-better dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The OpenGroup has published a detailed list of the conflicts between the Linux Standards Base and Posix ? that is accessible through their website. "

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  1. Goldilinux and the three bears... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    SCO: "Too similar"
    TOG: "Too different"
    LSB: "Just right!"

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  2. Affected C functions by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    099 2.1.2 gethostbyname [...]
    102 2.1.3 getopt [...]
    106 2.1.4 gets [...]
    109 2.1.5 getservbyname [...]
    112 2.1.6 getservent [...]
    115 2.1.7 ioctl [...]
    120 2.1.8 iswctype [...]
    123 2.1.9 kill [...]
    133 2.1.10 nice [...]
    139 2.1.11 opterr, optind, optopt [...]
    142 2.1.12 strptime
    Pfff, we're saved. printf("Hello world\n") will still work on all platforms. Isn't it the standard portability test after all?

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