[TUHS] Building programs (Re: Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register

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On 2024-06-23 14:56, Chet Ramey via TUHS wrote:
> On 6/22/24 2:15 PM, Luther Johnson wrote:
>> It may just mean that someone made some
>> fairly ordinary mistake along the way in setting up the build. Or that
>> the system on which we are trying to build is different in a way that
>> the author did not imagine.
> 
> A third possibility is that the author or authors decided not to test for
> and support a set of (in this case) older systems. Not a lack of
> imagination, but a development priority decision.

My opinion is that the authors simply did not have access to other 
systems or were not interested.  Sometimes, one finds a disclaimer to 
that effect.  I understand that but I am irked when they claim POSIX 
compliance.

S.