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From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>
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Subject: Re: POSIX test suite from the OpenGroup
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Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> writes:
> hello, world\n
> 
> members of the Austin group (working on POSIX 1003.1-2001 and TCs),
> have the possibility to get the VSC Lite Release 5.A.beta for beta
> testing. This is the test suite for POSIX shell and utilities that
> the OpenGroup apparently uses for Unix branding. I'm currently
> setting things up to run the test suite on 5.1-BETA but this needs
> quite a bit of preparation.
> 
> Participation in the Austin group is free and you can register for
> a name/password at http://www.opengroup.org/austin/
> 
> The test suite is then available from
> http://www.opengroup.org/projects/vsc-lite/
> where you need to log in if you proceed to the protected area.

Cool.  I'm sure most of us are interested in the results.  I expect we
should do quite well on utility conformance.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft