Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:50:11 GMT From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: standards/123688: POSIX standard changes in unistd.h and grp.h Message-ID: <201101162050.p0GKoB1j093550@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR standards/123688; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, giffunip@tutopia.com
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Subject: Re: standards/123688: POSIX standard changes in unistd.h and grp.h
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:21:17 -0800
Some comments:
- getgrouplist, initgroups, and setgroups are no longer in the POSIX
standard (if they were ever there -- my copy of SUSv7 doesn't list
them in the system interfaces section). setgroups was actually still
listed in grp.h so if anything glibc is now more inconsistent than
FreeBSD's libc in terms of interface locations.
- mknod and setgrent are still incorrect.
Given that setgrent is an obsolete API required as an XSH
extension which have been around for ages, I think leaving it alone
would be best (FreeBSD does its best to honor standards, but standards
don't always honor historical behavior unfortunately).
As for mknod I'll see what the potential fallout would be in terms
of fixing that header include.
Thanks,
-Garrett
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