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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:14:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: RFC: linux compatibility
To: tiberius AT braemarinc DOT com,
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--- "Gary R. Van Sickle" <tiberius AT braemarinc DOT com> 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.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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