On 13/03/2010 00:43, Don Cragun wrote:
> I realize that. I was just trying to reassure Alan and Garrett that
> the project team that has been replacing "closed", "standard" utilities
> with AST code (whether stand-alone or built into ksh93 has always made
> sure that the code passes the VSC tests by fixing the code or by
> getting TOG to fix the test suite (with Sun's help) before integrating
> into the ON source base.
Yes, that's what I was getting at, thanks for the confirmation.
> From the discussion on PSARC-ext it looks like Alan and Garrett might
> not know that you are unable to run VSC yourself due to test suite
> licensing restrictions. Someone inside Sun (now Oracle) has to run
> the test suite because it is Sun that has the license to use the UNIX
> branding test suites. Someone inside Sun also has to provide the project
> team with a test case that shows any failure (without showing you the
> test suite source) and describe what the test suite claims is not
> working correctly.
No, I know that the test suites aren't public, which was part of the
reason I asked the question, I was wondering how it was being handled.
> I also know that IBM is funding development for a UNIX test suite for
> the current version of the standard. (And we all know that that means
> that IBM is about ready to apply for a UNIX "next" brand.) As far as
> I know, Sun/Oracle is not planning to develop any product conforming
> to the current version of the standard (IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 == SUSv4
> == ISO/IEC IS 9945:2008). ;-{
Thanks for the information,
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Alan Burlison
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