Glibc - getconf question

[Mark Brown]

Jim Gifford wrote:
> I just wanted to verify something. That /usr/bin/getconf could be a 
directory.
> 
> The reason I asked, is that I was trying to do an LFS build using 
> the 010305 snapshot and it created
> /usr/bin/getconf: 
> POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG
> POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32

IEEE POSIX requires that the utilities
"shall be implemented in a manner so that they can be accessed via
the exec family of functions as defined in the System Interfaces volume
of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 and can be invoked directly by those standard
utilities that require it ( env, find, nice, nohup, time, xargs)."

There are exceptions for shell built-ins, but that is it.

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Mark Brown/Austin/IBM 
STSM, UNIX/Linux OS Standards
IBM Systems Group, Linux Technology Center
bmark@us.ibm.com



Jim Gifford <lfs@jg555.com> 
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Thanx for your assistance

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