16 Feb
2018
16 Feb
'18
9:12 p.m.
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 5:13 PM, George Michaelson <ggm(a)algebras.org> wrote:
once you have virtualized OS support embedded in a
wrap like docker
why do you need the definition of the sysctl() calls as a spec?
Maybe -- HPC folks use UNIX/Linux but really don't want an OS between the
HW and their application.
And its not just the *.1 style system functions. Think SPEC1170 where we
discovered 1170 difference interfaces, database file etc... that ISV had to
know about to deal with a 'UNIX' application. And that was before we had
things like fabric and messaging.
Within the >>Linux<< (which 'never forked' like UNIX did) the test
matrix
is still huge for an ISV these days.
LSB sort of works. Sort of.
agreed - hence my question. But is sort of RHish and its not clear it
being maintained because people don't care.
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