Re: Linux should define ENOTSUP

Theodore Tso
2006-12-07T14:15:51Z

On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:59:48PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
>
> > Can you please quote chapter and verse (in POSIX) where it states that
> > ENOTSUP and EOPNOTSUP have to be numerically distinct?
>
> <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/errno.h.html>
> "Their values shall be unique except as noted below."
> (And there is no exception for ENOTSUP/EOPNOTSUP yet.)

Ah, but you're quoting from SuS, not POSIX. (Yes, I'm splitting
hairs, but that's what standards are all about. :-)

- Ted