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diff --git a/open_issues/bsd_compatibility.mdwn b/open_issues/bsd_compatibility.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5c916908 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/bsd_compatibility.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] + +IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-12: + + <pinotree> hm, why our sys/param.h #define's BSD? + <braunr> pinotree: because we're evil + <pinotree> is that correct? + <pinotree> (the define, not the evilness) + <braunr> pinotree: i think it's because the Hurd is closer to the BSD + interfaces, probably because of Mach (which is itself derived from + BSD4.2) + <pinotree> braunr: but mach being bsd-ish won't make the userland (glibc) + interfaces bsd-ish, will it? + <braunr> pinotree: no + <pinotree> braunr: so...? :) + <braunr> pinotree: i guesse there are bsdisms in the glibc hurd specific + code, possibly because of mach + <braunr> or they used to be bsdisms, before being standardized + <braunr> e.g. mmap + <pinotree> braunr: hrmm... + <antrik> braunr: the BSDisms are there on purpose... Hurd was originally + even meant to be binary-compatible with BSD + <antrik> nothing to do with Mach really + <braunr> antrik: ok |