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From: karish@denali.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: A/UX Support for P1003.1 OS Primitives
Summary: Where's the beef?
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Date: 2 Dec 88 00:15:08 GMT
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In article <11260002@hpisod2.HP.COM> decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes:
>>    To what degree, if any, does A/UX support the operating system (OS)
>> primitives found in IEEE Standard P1003.1 (Draft 12), i.e., the
>> proposed POSIX standard? If there is support, is this information
>> localized in one (or a few) document(s)?
>
>The POSIX standard was approved as IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 and has been
>published; it was equivalent to Draft 13.
>
>Dave

That tells us what POSIX is.  Various Apple press releases and flyers
claim that A/UX supports 1003.1, and that a 1003.1-conforming system
was shown at a trade show last summer.  I have yet to hear that anyone
outside of Apple has seen such a beast.

To repeat the question:  How much of the 1003.1 standard does APPLE
support?  The 1003.3 POSIX standard describes the conformance
documentation that is to be expected from the implementor of a
conforming system.  Can/will Apple provide such documentation for A/UX?

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