Re: POSIX.1 Application Conformance Test Suites

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From: Glenn Hoogerwerf
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 01:18

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Submitted-by: glennh@sgihbtn.sierra.com (Glenn Hoogerwerf)

    
    It is not sufficient to only identify the non-POSIX.1
system calls.  An ideal test suite should also test for
the likes of:

  - POSIX restrictions on assignment to errno,
  - references to system files not specified by POSIX 
    (e.g. /etc/passwd, /dev/kmem, and /dev/tty), and 
  - constraint and syntax errors.  

In addition, runtime checking must be performed to check 
for:
  - exceeding of minimum runtime limits,
  - parameters of calls to POSIX libraries, and
  - non-reliance on POSIX undefined or implementation
    defined constructs.


Thanks,

Glenn Hoogerwerf (glennh@sierra.com)
Base Standards Engineer

Sierra Geophysics
11255 Kirkland Way
Kirkland, WA  98033
(206) 822-5200


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