Binary Compatibility 80286

[Jon Krueger]

In article <2143 at amdahl.UUCP> andrew at amdahl.UUCP (Andrew Sharpe) writes:
>Uh, excuse me, but Mr. Forsberg neglected the *approved* version
>of UNIX System V/286; the one that has passed port acceptance.

I've always wondered what "approved" and "port acceptance" mean in
practice.  Suppose Alan writes code, Bill ports it to new hardware, Alan
"approves" the port, Bill sells the ported code to Charlie, and Charlie
discovers some behavior of B's ported code that differs from the behavior of
Alan's original code.  Is Alan obliged to fix Bill's code to Charlie's
satisfaction?  If Bill advertises Alan has "approved" his port, is Charlie
entitled to Alan's support as well as Bill's?

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