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From: arl@zen.cs.hut.fi (Ari Lemmke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: Minix death and other issues.
Message-ID: <9106181535.AA00576@zen.cs.hut.fi>
Date: 18 Jun 91 15:35:32 GMT
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Jyrki Kuoppala (jkp):
jkp>	So, I hear 1.6.something is quite near POSIX.  How about getting the
jkp>	1.6.something library running on top of 1.5h so everyone could be
jkp>	doing something useful (like saying #ifdef POSIX instead of #ifdef
jkp>	MINIX, otherwise doing the same as above ;-) instead of endless
jkp>	munging with the include files to make them compatible with an
jkp>	obsolete Minix version.

	I think the magical 1.6.something library is 1.5.x library,
	ast is _not_ going to support library in Minix itself (hahahaha),
	he's packing it with his new compiler, and you can buy it ...

	Here's some earlier (edited) articles from comp.os.minix:

From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Subject: MINIX 1.6.16 now available by FTP
ast>	One thing you must watch out for, and I apologize in advance,
ast>	is that I am now running the ACK ANSI C compiler, not the old
ast>	one. This means that the stuff has not been tested with the
ast>	old compiler.  In general, this is not a problem, since ANSI C
ast>	is stricter than K&R C.  However, I also use the ANSI C
ast>	libraries.  This means that you must not use a couple of my
ast>	headers unless you are using some flavor of ANSI compiler, and
ast>	even then.
ast>	You can ftp them.  Needless to say, MINIX itself is not FTPable,
ast>	just the cdiffs from 1.5 to 1.6.16.

From: sverre@lars.seri.gov (Sverre Froyen)
Subject: Re: MINIX 1.6.16 now available by FTP
sverre>	These diffs appear to be incomplete.  For instance, there are
sverre>	no diffs to the lib files nor to the files in the
sverre>	subdirectories of the command directory (note also that the
sverre>	commands directory has been renamed command). The file
sverre>	1.6.16.crc is also imcomplete.

	So, finally it seems that ast is trying to make more
	money out of Minix. He has right to do so, but I think
	using the net people is immoral. There are hundreds of
	people who thought their patches and work would help
	for the others. It helped ast to create so good Minix that
	he really would get money out of it.

	That's the reason why I try to put all my spare time
	for Mach (currently bug fixing SCSI driver code).

>	//Jyrki

	arl