Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-09 Thread Joerg Schilling
Geoff Clare wrote: > Stephane Chazelas wrote, on 08 Jun 2017: > > > > BTW, are older (than SUSv1) versions of POSIX available > > somewhere? > > All previous versions were only distributed on paper. I remember that we bought POSIX-1988 as a book. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.net

Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-09 Thread Andrew Josey
hi All Comments below > On 8 Jun 2017, at 18:23, Joseph Myers wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Andrew Josey wrote: > >> We’re not able to make available IEEE copyrighted materials that >> pre-date the MoU of 1998, hence although many of us as individuals have >> older POSIX drafts obtained as

Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-09 Thread Andrew Josey
hi Stephane, all > On 8 Jun 2017, at 17:53, Stephane Chazelas > wrote: > > 2017-06-08 16:51:39 +0100, Andrew Josey: > [...] I just came across https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html where question Q0, Q3 ("What is the latest version of POSIX.1?") would need t

Re: Access to old POSIX specifications (Was: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html)

2017-06-09 Thread Stephane Chazelas
2017-06-08 22:15:57 +, Joe Gwinn: [...] > What will you do with this old standard? [...] In my case, it's only for personal interest, archaeological purposes, to answer questions like: - when was that added to which standard? - is feature X a POSIX invention? - was feature Y in implementation

RE: Access to old POSIX specifications (Was: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html)

2017-06-08 Thread Joseph Myers
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Joe Gwinn wrote: > Joseph M, > > What will you do with this old standard? I routinely use these standards for reference for implementation work (since in practice implementations deal with multiple standard versions, not just the latest), as well as for understanding the hi

RE: Access to old POSIX specifications (Was: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html)

2017-06-08 Thread Joe Gwinn
: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html) On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > 2017-06-08 15:28:49 +0100, Geoff Clare: > > Stephane Chazelas wrote, on 08 Jun 2017: > > > > > > BTW, are older (than SUSv1) versions o

Re: Access to old POSIX specifications (Was: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html)

2017-06-08 Thread Joseph Myers
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > 2017-06-08 15:28:49 +0100, Geoff Clare: > > Stephane Chazelas wrote, on 08 Jun 2017: > > > > > > BTW, are older (than SUSv1) versions of POSIX available > > > somewhere? > > > > All previous versions were only distributed on paper. > > OK. Does any

Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-08 Thread Joseph Myers
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Andrew Josey wrote: > We’re not able to make available IEEE copyrighted materials that > pre-date the MoU of 1998, hence although many of us as individuals have > older POSIX drafts obtained as part of the standards development process > at the time, we cannot post them . W

Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-08 Thread Stephane Chazelas
2017-06-08 16:51:39 +0100, Andrew Josey: [...] > >> I just came across > >> https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html > >> where question Q0, Q3 ("What is the latest version of POSIX.1?") > >> would need to be updated following the recent release of TC2. > > […] > > > > > Q18 as well

Re: Access to old POSIX specifications (Was: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html)

2017-06-08 Thread Andrew Josey
Stephane Comments below > On 8 Jun 2017, at 16:51, Stephane Chazelas > wrote: > > 2017-06-08 15:28:49 +0100, Geoff Clare: >> Stephane Chazelas wrote, on 08 Jun 2017: >>> >>> BTW, are older (than SUSv1) versions of POSIX available >>> somewhere? >> >> All previous versions were only distribu

Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-08 Thread Andrew Josey
Stephane, all Thanks , comments below > On 8 Jun 2017, at 13:27, Stephane CHAZELAS > wrote: > > 2017-06-08 13:02:45 +0100, Stephane Chazelas: > [...] >> I just came across >> https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html >> where question Q0, Q3 ("What is the latest version of POSIX

Access to old POSIX specifications (Was: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html)

2017-06-08 Thread Stephane Chazelas
2017-06-08 15:28:49 +0100, Geoff Clare: > Stephane Chazelas wrote, on 08 Jun 2017: > > > > BTW, are older (than SUSv1) versions of POSIX available > > somewhere? > > All previous versions were only distributed on paper. OK. Does anybody here have any digitalised copy? Is re-distribution restrict

Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-08 Thread Geoff Clare
Stephane Chazelas wrote, on 08 Jun 2017: > > BTW, are older (than SUSv1) versions of POSIX available > somewhere? All previous versions were only distributed on paper. > What about the archives of the mailing list (prior to > gmane)? Try https://collaboration.opengroup.org/operational/mailarch.

Re: s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-08 Thread Stephane Chazelas
2017-06-08 13:02:45 +0100, Stephane Chazelas: [...] > I just came across > https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html > where question Q0, Q3 ("What is the latest version of POSIX.1?") > would need to be updated following the recent release of TC2. [...] Q18 as well. BTW, are older (t

s/2013/2016/g at https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

2017-06-08 Thread Stephane Chazelas
Hello, I just came across https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html where question Q0, Q3 ("What is the latest version of POSIX.1?") would need to be updated following the recent release of TC2. -- Stephane