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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: POSIX conformance test now free (fwd)
To: hsu@freefall.freebsd.org (Jeffrey Hsu)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:52:59 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199610150824.BAA12628@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jeffrey Hsu" at Oct 15, 96 01:24:24 am
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> Reading the Red Hat announcement I saw this:
> 
> The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has decided
> to stop charging for their POSIX Conformance Test Suite 151-2, in
> hopes that the POSIX standard may be more broadly applied.  Red Hat
> Software applauds the move, and has obtained the suites for
> consideration.  We would encourage all Linux developers to take
> advantage of this development.  Comments and questions can be directed
> to Martha Gray <gray@sst.ncsl.nist.gov> at NIST.
> 
> I don't have time to pursue this, but thought someone else might want
> to look at it.

I have sent off email requesting more information and availability.

I've run NIST/PCTS before (at USL) as part of the testbed for our
(their) NetWare atributed FS.

I presume that certification still requires that the test suite be
run by an approved testing laboratory.  This is not free certification,
if that is true (yes, I asked aout this in my email).


So far, the suite is not on the NIST FTP site (which is sort of hidden),
so there may be a nominal charge for media (ie: a CDROM or something).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
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