Re: [PATCH v1 01/12] man/man2const/F_DUPFD.2const: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of F_DUPFD(2const)

["G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>]

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Hi Seth & Alex,

At 2026-01-05T19:18:37+1000, Seth McDonald wrote:
> F_DUPFD(2const) first appeared in POSIX.1-1988.[1]
[...]
> -SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
> +SVr4,
> +4.3BSD,
> +POSIX.1-1988.

At 2026-01-05T19:18:38+1000, Seth McDonald wrote:
> F_GETFD(2const) and F_SETFD(2const) first appeared in POSIX.1-1988.[1]
[...]
> -SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
> +SVr4,
> +4.3BSD,
> +POSIX.1-1988.

At 2026-01-05T19:18:39+1000, Seth McDonald wrote:
> F_GETFL(2const) and F_SETFL(2const) first appeared in POSIX.1-1988.[1]
> -SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
> +SVr4,
> +4.3BSD,
> +POSIX.1-1988.

What ordering is used for these?

4.3BSD was 1986.[1]

POSIX.1-1988 was, nominally, 1988 but we all know how standards
sometimes lag.  It seems the record is murky in this case.[2]

I've seen dates of 1988 applied SVr4, but no reports that it was
publicly available until 1989.[3]

Regards,
Branden

[1] https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/kirkmck.html
[2] https://luplab.cs.ucdavis.edu/2021/11/04/the-hunt-for-posix-1-1988.html
[3] http://ps-2.retropc.se/sites/unixarchive/Documentation/AUUGN/AUUGN-V09.6.pdf

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