From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 5 21:00:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA04943 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 21:00:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (slcmodem1-p2-1.intele.net [206.29.206.116]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA04938 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 21:00:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA01228; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 22:00:04 -0700 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 22:00:04 -0700 Message-Id: <199604060500.WAA01228@obie.softweyr.com> From: wes@intele.net To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: questions-digest V1 #696 In-Reply-To: <199604042313.PAA13263@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199604042313.PAA13263@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Adrian T. Filipi-Martin wrote: > My understanding, from talking with a person from HP who should > know, is that HP-UX 10.x still uses the old code base - it > definately is not a rewrite, or SYSVR4, they just added another > layer over the same old stuff. This includes the changes to the > file system. Also, the BSDish features of HP-UX do not share code > with the SYSV features. It's like two OS's in one. I have no first > hand knowledge of this (I'm just a user), just passing along > rumors. The actual System V code base for HP-UX was SVR2, believe it or don't. It has been heavily hacked by HP, adding a number of SVR3, SVR4, and BSDish features since then, plus those lovely HP features like file ACLs and clusters. All in all, I agree heartily that Mr. Packard (RIP) should have put *his* name first. > Sorry this is off the subject, but HP-UX is a hot-button for me. PH-UX certainly doesn't suck as hard as AIX. Or SCO. ;^) -- Wes Peters | Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late Softweyr | The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder Consulting | I'm an over forty victim of fate... wes@intele.net | Jimmy Buffett