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From: ronc@fai.UUCP (Ronald O. Christian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Mach, Unix, and NeXT
Message-ID: <1021@fai.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 88 20:17:32 GMT
References: <73275@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: ronc@fai.UUCP (Ronald O. Christian)
Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc.
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In article <73275@sun.uucp> swilson@sun.UUCP () writes:
>What is the scope of Mach?  Is it just the kernel, or does it
>include utilites as well?

I don't know what NeXT is including, but Mach as it comes
off the distribution tapes doesn't have the standard Unix
utilities.  The deal is, first you bring up 4.3 BSD, then
you read the Mach tape, then you compile the Mach kernel,
then you boot it.  Mach is binary compatable with the 4.3
utilities.

>Does NeXT have all the Unix stuff we've come to know and love
>like cp, mv, find, ls, etc?

I would think so...  But these utilities would have to come
from 4.3 BSD, not directly from Mach.

>If utilities aren't in the scope
>of Mach, where did the NeXT versions come from?  What about the
>more esoteric utilities like lex and yacc?

Unknown.  I suspect they have all the utilities that are on the
4.3 BSD tape, but I wouldn't want to bet my next paycheck on it.
Anyone else want to jump in?



				Ron
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