Re: [Bug-tar] mac os x or general charset problem patch

[Joerg Schilling]

Heiko Voigt <address@hidden> wrote:

> > Note that UNIX only forbids one single character: '\0', which is the
> > end marker. POSIX in theory could allow to restrict this but as nobody
> > did so far request to add a note to the error section of open(), it seems
> > that there is no interest to restrict the character set in the real world.
>
> I asked google for a definition for UNIX but as it seems there no unique
> definition. I belief that http://developer.apple.com/darwin/ Darwin as it is
> based on a BSD4.4 system can be called UNIX. So in this case your statement
> seems wrong because my "UNIX" forbids some characters.

Darwin cannot be called UNIX because it does not meet important things 
from the POSIX standard. This is why e.g. "The Open Group" did forbid
Apple to call it UNIX.

Jörg

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