From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout-p-102.mailbox.org (mout-p-102.mailbox.org [80.241.56.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5F0814D29B for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2025 13:21:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1759324902; cv=none; b=nmnTxJpTchxyeCiPN3uUe5wC55sVSvqCCh/XA3JaNh+dNMViqrz73V6RtSgZugGdmqhxiEGpn96LcM4zP8W/4VJ2JGtqG2lLlKP7MCgTqbXDoipshuIwQ8wyucZO+XpezM3OYYWYeCeKASNogF6IU4I7dQS2HNqgAjlURZC2Smo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1759324902; c=relaxed/simple; bh=E3PW4mltYDrQzYNsT6nuPqmUbAMDoPx5SbOj3GAXbhw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HJesIyfqRRxfke2VLBjGzvHk7ENThywb4ehWIMCYLII/87rGFOpZXC3GpLL+VX1aJKSmnPqQjTpCdQoeCMMdYVbZdyLt7AAZBe/Vo0f5YmnOHyBlE4jLSJrXru52y7yXFuyuSWfPBXRcGNCVhlEe4nuEiFJFRSjwCujuSWTLkRE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=aarsen.me; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=aarsen.me; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=aarsen.me header.i=@aarsen.me header.b=qmb1k19B; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=aarsen.me Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=aarsen.me Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=aarsen.me header.i=@aarsen.me header.b="qmb1k19B" Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [10.196.197.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-102.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4ccFtz1VQMz9vCG; Wed, 1 Oct 2025 15:21:31 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=aarsen.me; s=MBO0001; t=1759324891; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=GkixLgAljUtUQA9JwDNPjGhR0eQxy7slWY8VR/t4tLg=; b=qmb1k19Bb9LKebrw/nAUYoG0AlcMfT9xATRcqcOvGfTkEG4luzEw/KkkNpLu1Qm3DMmH7u mmRfArdB8V7+MzBBipBVjZ9d8gzndKvkTuK38XZZw6V9MYJ50DlBaLnvtgbKU2xUiTnZMa qCLJd2uKwkXNzu809apszb1QqbjZFO+3If0O9nPugWQ+458O7TaWEVGVVfeuvzT+4sad96 kapmFrveooOwoMIReMp4euZ+N6nU3Y4lyujuPDofmmIds8NqxPziaqe5y3SHKQyUaEdvCF eWvmuEWuJhx8ZA3tEzGifOVXEx3k2UenVbC+WE2HSSTys/9OKqSgLSotT/HxaA== From: =?utf-8?Q?Arsen_Arsenovi=C4=87?= To: "G. Branden Robinson" Cc: Alejandro Colomar , coreutils@gnu.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Move GNU manual pages to the Linux man-pages project In-Reply-To: <20250930205552.nevihqli7tw7lefk@illithid> References: <87jz1sm2t3.fsf@aarsen.me> <87cy7e7hml.fsf@aarsen.me> <86tt0jn27n.fsf@aarsen.me> <20250930205552.nevihqli7tw7lefk@illithid> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:21:28 +0200 Message-ID: <86a52an4fb.fsf@aarsen.me> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "G. Branden Robinson" writes: >> (A funny side note: subconsciously, I chose the name "fildes.7" as to >> not go over eight characters; it came to me naturally after many years >> of working with and on Unix-like systems, this archaic element simply >> lodged itself into my instincts after some time.) > > Eight's an odd choice for that, though. As I understand it, the Fortran > linker that Unix originally used (C did not exist yet) had a limit of 6 > characters for externally resolvable symbols, because that was all some > IBM operating system could handle. File names (or "path name > components", if one insists) were limited to 14 characters until the > Berkeley "fast" file system. The tuhs at tuhs dot org is a more > reliable resource than I can be here, though. Heh, some confusion it seems. No idea where I got eight from. =2D-=20 Arsen Arsenovi=C4=87 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iOYEARYKAI4WIQT+4rPRE/wAoxYtYGFSwpQwHqLEkwUCaN0q2F8UgAAAAAAuAChp c3N1ZXItZnByQG5vdGF0aW9ucy5vcGVucGdwLmZpZnRoaG9yc2VtYW4ubmV0RkVF MkIzRDExM0ZDMDBBMzE2MkQ2MDYxNTJDMjk0MzAxRUEyQzQ5MxAcYXJzZW5AYWFy c2VuLm1lAAoJEFLClDAeosSTohUA/jtyaFK+l6jQv3Jhw0eyeiaiqSOlULv6z9IK sfh3BRT3AQDlwZTBs5NZ/viO+zg/m4k787qjT7lL7fJruGb6zjOfBA== =LJCm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--