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BSD sources vs Sys V (was Re: why won't ANY code compile properly??)

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From: Duncan Anderson
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 08:26
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Does anyone have a list of those areas in which BSD and System V differ?
I have found that, while getting certain BSD sources to work under System V,
it is often merely a case of fiddling with "#include" lines and so on.
However, in certain cases, I have found that certain library functions are
not available. For example, I managed to get the "olwm" and "olgx" sources
that are bundled with the X11R4 sources to compile on SCO Open Desktop 2.0
but it involved manufacturing a "usleep" function and simplifying the
signal handling to use "signal" because System V doesn't have things like
"sigvec", etc.

Instead of "hacking" each case afresh, it would be very useful to be able
to know in advance what areas may be problematic. A list of known differences,
if it exists, would be extremely useful.

Another thing that would be very useful would be a "BSD compatibility library"
of sorts for System V.

regards
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From: duncan@unisup1.uucp (Duncan Anderson)
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Subject: BSD sources vs Sys V (was Re: why won't ANY code compile properly??)
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Date: 27 Jul 92 08:26:14 GMT
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