uuid_* manpages falsely claim that the functions comply to DCE 1.1 specification #592
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Hmm.. I think the "CONFORMING TO" means UUID format rather than the library API. I'll make it more obvious from the man pages. |
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Addresses: #592 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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Addresses: util-linux/util-linux#592 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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Some of the
uuid*manpages claim that they conform to DCE 1.1:However, the API used by libuuid is not compatible with the one specified by DCE 1.1. Applications written using it do not work with DCE-conforming implementations such as the one used by FreeBSD.
Having this claim in manpages makes users wrongly believe that their programs will be portable while they will be not.
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