Re: standards/104743: Wrong values for _POSIX_ minimal limits

[Bruce Evans <bde_(_at_)_zeta_(_dot_)_org_(_dot_)_au>]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Thomas Quinot wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 12:47:12PM +0200, Thomas Quinot wrote:
>
> > 	The FreeBSD version of standard C header file <limits.h> is not
> > 	conforming to the Single UNIX Specification version 2.
>
> ... but most of them actually *are* conformant with the later revision
> SUSv3 (POSIX 1003.1 TC1).
>
> > -#define	_POSIX_CHILD_MAX	25
> > -#define	_POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX	8
> > -#define	_POSIX_OPEN_MAX		20
> > -#define	_POSIX_PATH_MAX		256
> > -#define	_POSIX_TZNAME_MAX	6
>
> These are actually correct with respect to the later specification.

_POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX = 8 is also correct with respect to some former
specifications (1996, 2001, but not 1990).  Apparently, supplementary
groups are optional again.

Bruce
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