SCO and Linux

[Panagiotis G. Labropoulos]

All,

Here is a link to an article in which Eric S. Raymond calls for
action by people with access to UNIX sourcecode:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1257617,00.asp

The program itself can be found here:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/comparator/

Here are some primary results of a comment analysis between the contents of
Linux kernel 2.5.73 and SVR1 + SVR2 by Maciek Bieszczad.

Matches for [number of array dimensions in auxiliary entry]:
./include/linux/coff.h ./sysv/tape1/include/syms.h
./sysv/tape1/src/head/syms.h ./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/syms.h

Matches for [info about tv section in auxent of symbol tv]:
./arch/ppc/boot/include/rs6000.h ./include/linux/coff.h
./sysv/tape1/include/syms.h ./sysv/tape1/src/head/syms.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/syms.h

Matches for [number of characters in a symbol name]: ./include/linux/coff.h
./sysv/tape1/include/syms.h ./sysv/tape1/src/head/syms.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/syms.h

Matches for [text size in bytes padded to fw bdry]:
./arch/ppc/boot/include/rs6000.h ./include/linux/coff.h
./sysv/tape1/include/aouthdr.h ./sysv/tape1/src/head/aouthdr.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/aouthdr.h

Matches for [number of characters in a file name]: ./include/linux/coff.h
./sysv/tape1/include/syms.h ./sysv/tape1/src/head/syms.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/syms.h

Matches for [file ptr to raw data for section]: ./arch/mips/boot/ecoff.h
./arch/ppc/boot/include/rs6000.h ./include/linux/coff.h
./sysv/tape1/include/scnhdr.h ./sysv/tape1/src/head/scnhdr.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/scnhdr.h

Matches for [base of data used for this file]: ./arch/mips/boot/ecoff.h
./arch/ppc/boot/include/rs6000.h ./include/linux/coff.h
./sysv/tape1/include/aouthdr.h ./sysv/tape1/src/head/aouthdr.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/aouthdr.h

Matches for [base of text used for this file]: ./arch/mips/boot/ecoff.h
./arch/ppc/boot/include/rs6000.h ./include/linux/coff.h
./sysv/tape1/include/aouthdr.h ./sysv/tape1/src/head/aouthdr.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/cmd/adb/vax/a.out.h
./vaxsysv/vax-svr1/src/head/aouthdr.h

Best Regards,
Panagiotis G. Labropoulos
p.labropoulos at opengroup.org


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