[TUHS] XPG4, X/OPEN Curses, and SVID Issue 4 Physical Publication?

Alan Coopersmith via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Wed Dec 10 08:57:10 AEST 2025


On 10/24/25 10:57, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
> Good day everyone, I've recently added an X/OPEN Portability Guide
> section and a photo of the first SVID issue to the standards section of
> the wiki: https://wiki.tuhs.org/doku.php?id=publications:standards
> 
> I was wondering, does anyone here know if there were physically
> published versions of XPG4, any X/OPEN Curses physical literature,
> and/or published SVID Issue 4 copies?  The latter I suspect is not very
> likely as SVID Issue 4 concerns spun-off-USL SVR 4.2 I believe, which
> didn't make the same splash earlier SVIDs did.  I've only seen PDFs of
> this Issue 4.

I finally remembered to check our standards bookshelf when I was in the
office today, and found printed copies of:

- Docs with XPG4 branding:
   - CAE Specification: System Interfaces and Headers, Issue 4
   - CAE Specification: Commands and Utilities, Issue 4
   - CAE Specification: System Interface Definitions, Issue 4
   - XPG3-XPG4 Base Migration Guide
   - X/Open Systems and Branded Products: XPG4

- Docs which didn't explictly have "XPG4" on the cover:
   - CAE Specification: Networking Services, Issue 4
   - CAE Specification: X/Open Curses, Issue 4

While there were copies of earlier SVID generations, I didn't see Issue 4
there.

I took quick pictures with my cell phone of the covers of each of these
if you want them - they're not archival quality scans or anything, but
it doesn't look like that's what you're going for on that wiki page.

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         -Alan Coopersmith-                 alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
          Oracle Solaris Engineering - https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris


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