Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Mon Feb 13 2006 - 11:34:03 EST


>> It is _not_ a POSIX rule, as I and others have shown. You claimed it
>> was required by POSIX, but you are quite clearly incorrect. It has
>> never worked that way with Unix systems, and POSIX was always designed
>> to codify existing practice. On Unix systems fixed disks would and
>> did have their devices numbering schemes move around under a number of
>> conditions.
>
>If you believe this, pleace give evidence.
>
>I was quoting POSIX documents which prove my claims......
>

I suppose the world needs a POSIX subcommitte solely devoted for clarifying
all the claims of all sides :->


Jan Engelhardt
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