RE: Fwd: sed porting trouble

[Schmitz, Joachim]

Ah, OK, thanks for digging that up. As I mentioned OSS came into existence in 
the early 1990s.
Yes, I'd agree, it is time for a refresher...

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruno Haible [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 2:37 AM
To: Schmitz, Joachim
Cc: 'Paul Eggert'; 'Paolo Bonzini'; 'bug-gnulib'
Subject: Re: Fwd: sed porting trouble

Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> Probably still to new unfortunately (and I'm currently too lazy to figure
> which POSIX version we claim to comply with).

The "C/C++ Programmer's Guide for NonStop Systems" mentions POSIX.1 from 1990
and POSIX.2 from 1992. Refer to the POSIX history at
  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX>
  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification>

> Your page talks about Issue 6 and 2004 Edition.

The 2004 edition is only a minor update (bug fixes) of the 2001 edition.
POSIX:2001 is the same as "Single UNIX Specification Version 3" and the same as
the "Base Specifications Issue 6". Three different names for the same standard.

Bruno