From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Cc: Seth McDonald <sethmcmail@pm.me>,
"linux-man@vger.kernel.org" <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Undocumented systems/standards PWB and 32V
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 01:24:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aVcOqlDaflXT9HPJ@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aVZwLk0RWoyRjL8N@devuan>
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On Thu, Jan 01, 2026 at 02:17:38PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> In manual pages, I'd keep everything under STANDARDS.
>
> In standards(7), we could have subsections for Standard C, POSIX, and
> Unix systems.
Self-correction:
The only current formal standards are C23 and POSIX.1-2024, and those
are the only formal standards that should appear in STANDARDS.
I also consider standards GNU and the BSDs, and they appear in standards
for APIs not specified by either C23 nor POSIX.1-2024.
Old systems or standards, such as K&R C and V7 Unix belong in HISTORY.
Have a lovely night!
Alex
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-01 4:45 Undocumented systems/standards PWB and 32V Seth McDonald
2026-01-01 5:46 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-01-01 13:17 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-01-01 23:53 ` origin of alloca(3) (was: Undocumented systems/standards PWB and 32V) G. Branden Robinson
2026-01-02 0:27 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-01-02 0:24 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
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