Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 18:19:54 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault) Cc: julian@ref.tfs.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, ukkonen@aphrodite.funet.fi, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new getsid(2) system call for freebsd... Message-ID: <199507100119.SAA09774@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199507092035.QAA16930@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Jul 9, 95 04:35:09 pm
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> > Julian Elischer writes: > > > I notice however that systems that are moving towards posix > > are all implimenting this.. > > (osf and solaris to name two) > > I assume therefore (not having POSIX docs) that it might be > > 1/ common > > 2/ required > > getsid() is not POSIX. And the original thread said it _might_ become XPG required. Well, when we go for X/Open branding and when it _is_ part of XPG we should do it, before then, it is just an unportable hack, IMHO. Leave getsid out for that simple reason. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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