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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: POSIX and ISC 2.2.x -- how many people are using this?
Message-ID: <1991Apr21.005244.19613@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 21 Apr 91 00:52:44 GMT
References: <1991Apr14.193335.26288@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1991Apr16.235122.26807@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> <7193@segue.segue.com>
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jim@segue.segue.com (Jim Balter) writes:

>In article <1991Apr16.235122.26807@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes:
>>real strange, i have compiled quite a lot with something like
>>
>>gcc -D_POSIX_SOURCE -DPOSIX -o bla bla.c -lcposix

>This doesn't turn on the kernel POSIX support.  cc -Xp or OSTYPE=POSIX cc
>or cc /lib/lcrtp.o or doing the system call that the latter does will.

well, it looks like you need /lib/pcrt* if you want the posix group
stuff and the different handling of filenames >14 chars. however,
all the posix functions i have used until now (sig*, tioc* etc)
do not require it. does anyone have a list of *all* those functions
that do require it?
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