Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:54:27 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Welcome to POSIX... Message-ID: <Pine.AUX.3.94.961107104602.19524A-100000@covina.lightside.com>
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I now have a copy of the NIST POSIX conformance test suite, or NIST-PCTS:151-2. Right now I'm running it on a Solaris box so I can be familiar with it before I try FreeBSD. I should note, though, two things: First, this is a test for FIPS 151-2, and not strictly POSIX.1 (it's POSIX.1 with a few additional tidbits). Second, this test suite does _NOT_ require TET to be installed, as Terry had mentioned. Perhaps I have a different test suite from what Terry was thinking of? If so, is that other test free as well? I received the test suite from Martha Gray at NIST, and as Terry mentioned, it does not yet have the proper legal notices for a more wide-spread distribution. However, as I've already discovered at least one Linux distribution which claims to be POSIX.1 and FIPS 151-2 conformant already (Linux-FT from Lasermoon), I'm going to hurry and post up my finding ASAP (it's only a matter of time before RedHat, e.g., get tested for POSIX, and we don't want to be left in the dust :-) -- Jake
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