Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

>> It is _not_ a POSIX rule, as I and others have shown.  You claimed it
>> was required by POSIX, but you are quite clearly incorrect.  It has
>> never worked that way with Unix systems, and POSIX was always designed
>> to codify existing practice.  On Unix systems fixed disks would and
>> did have their devices numbering schemes move around under a number of
>> conditions.
>
>If you believe this, pleace give evidence.
>
>I was quoting POSIX documents which prove my claims......
>

I suppose the world needs a POSIX subcommitte solely devoted for clarifying 
all the claims of all sides :->


Jan Engelhardt
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