[openbeos] Re: non-present-posix-functions

Ok thx, again something I know. Me and my stupid questions ... aiai. 
But yeah, who does not ask, will not know ;)


> janvanhoye@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I port 'date' from NetBSD to OBOS. And I see that 'settimeofday' 
> > could not
> > be found. When I look into 'sys/time.h' I see the function 
> > 'gettimeofday'
> > and not 'settimeofday'. This is a problem. What I could do is 
> > import
> > 'os/kernel/Os.h' and use the function 'set_real_time_clock'. But 
> > this 
> > makes
> > it non posix compliant.
> > 
> > My questions are: What do I have to do if some posix functions are 
> > not
> > present in the posix headerfiles of OBOS? Are we going to make OBOS 
> > more
> > posix compliant then BeOs and implement those posix functions that 
> > are not
> > present. Is there someone that can give me an good explanation of 
> > what has
> > to be done when a posix function is not present in a posix header-
> > file?
> 
> First of, you're wrong; at least with settimeofday() - that is no 
> POSIX 
> function, it's a proprietary BSD extension.
> 
> Have a look at:
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/toc.htm
> to see what functions are part of POSIX and are sensitive to be added 
> into our repository (if they are missing).
> 
> Although we are okay supporting some BSD extensions, I don't think 
> settimeofday() should be one of those. So I'd say either use the GNU 
> date as Be did, or port it over to be Be native (and lose simple 
> updates that way).
> Since these applications aren't changed that often anymore, I don't 
> care about a particular way between these two. Using GNU date might 
> be 
> less effort, though.
> 
> Bye,
>    Axel.
> 
> 
> 
>

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