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In article <1992Jul18.144100.28102@werple.pub.uu.oz.au> markd@werple.pub.uu.oz.au (Mark Delany) writes:
>mike@meiko.com (Mike Stok) writes:
>
>>In article <hansg.711362138@risken> hansg@risken.vd.volvo.se (Hans Granqvist) writes:
>>>Now, I am really mad. How come virtually _NO_ sources posted
>>>to either c.s.unix or c.s.x will work?
>>>
>
>>Well, my hands are up.  Pretty much all of the software which claims
>>to work for a Sun or in an X environment seems to work for me OK.
>
>Come now people. Let's be realistic. Hans has a valid point in that if
>you run on an unpopular Unix, your troubles increase. However, it is
>not so much the posters fault, but the Unix supplier!
>
>
>I don't know that I'd go as far as Hans does, but it is certainly the
>case that making code work across the vast array of Unixen's is no
>trivial matter and, given the price of posted software, it is
>understandable that it may not work on allbut the most popular
>systems.
>
>
>>>I have never seen such programmer ignorance before in my life. I unshar
>
>This is certainly unfair. Many posters have no access to anything but
>their own environment. To reiterate, if it works on their version of
>Unix, whose fault is it if it doesn't work on someone elses version of
>Unix? I contend the supplier is at fault, not the poster!
>
>Sadly though, if you complain to the poster, they will invariably fix
>it. Complain to the supplier and...
>
>
>--
>Mark Delany                                          markd@werple.pub.uu.oz.au

Aller Anfang ist schwer, as we say in Germany. In other words, the more you
have managed to compile without errors, the better is the chance to succeed
with a new project. You can lend a lot of work-arounds from other packages.
There are always the same BSD<->SYSV problems, some packages do have ifdefs,
others don't.

So what about a moderated group called FNI (Frequently needed includes) where
one could put work-arounds, some hints etc. to give beginners a chance ?

micha