Subject: Re: port-alpha/5586: port alpha does not define "unix"
To: None <netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/16/1998 15:08:14
> Considering that the NetBSD environment, in its current state, does
> not fulfil the UNIX(r) Base Branding requirements, having cpp
> indicate that it's running in a UNIX environment is just wrong.
Only in a technical legalistic sense. In a pragmatic practical sense,
anything that is protected by #ifdef unix is going to be so "least
common denominator" that NetBSD should include it - we *are* UNIX, in
any but the legalistic use-of-the-trademark sense.
der Mouse
mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca
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