Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:26:52 -0400 To: "Cygwin Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: Re: RFC: linux compatibility Message-ID: <20001013172652.N1492@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: "Cygwin Mailing List (E-mail)" References: <20001013211422.6698.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.6i In-Reply-To: <20001013211422.6698.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:14:22PM -0700 On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:14:22PM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- "Gary R. Van Sickle" wrote: >> As a user, it seems to me that this should be how the priorities work out: >> >> 1. POSIX compliant, if for no other reason than it's the right thing to do. >> 2. "GNU compliant", by which I mean essentially that anything that links >> and runs with glibc should work with Cygwin. >> 3. "Other-Unii compatible", meaning that aything that can be added to the >> Cygwin mix that doesn't violate the above and yet allows it to be more >> compatible with other distributions should be added. >> >> I don't see "which Unix do we emulate?" as a sensible question. Cygwin is >> intended to be 'Unix on Windows', not 'Linux on Windows' or 'BSD on Windows' >> or 'Solaris on Windows'. >> >> Isn't it? >> > >Well, isn't Linux intended to be Unix for the PC? I think the discussion is >about standards and DJ is asking if Linux should be the standard to follow. I >believe that Linux is both POSIX and GNU compliant which covers your 1 and 2 >numbered points. As for number 3, that's a different question, although I >agree that if it adds to portability then it might be considered. My biggest concern is backwards compatibility. Is it worth Linux compatibility if it means "cygwin2.dll"? cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com