Bug#948275: is Debian POSIX compliant?

2020-01-06 Thread Russ Allbery
Harald Dunkel writes: > I haven't found it mentioned in the policy manual, so I wonder if Debian > is supposed to be POSIX compliant (unless noted otherwise)? IMHO a "it > goes without saying" is not sufficient. > Is it safe to assume that POSIX code works? Simon provided the practical answer,

Bug#948275: is Debian POSIX compliant?

2020-01-06 Thread Simon McVittie
On Mon, 06 Jan 2020 at 12:12:23 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > I haven't found it mentioned in the policy manual, so I wonder if > Debian is supposed to be POSIX compliant (unless noted otherwise)? I suspect what we aim for is "approximately POSIX". Neither the Linux kernel nor the various user-spa

Bug#948275: is Debian POSIX compliant?

2020-01-06 Thread Harald Dunkel
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.4.1.2 I haven't found it mentioned in the policy manual, so I wonder if Debian is supposed to be POSIX compliant (unless noted otherwise)? IMHO a "it goes without saying" is not sufficient. Is it safe to assume that POSIX code works? Regards Harri