Eric Blake <[email protected]> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 01:23:55PM -0700, Collin Funk wrote:
>> Bruno Haible <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>> > Eric Blake wrote:
>> >> What you are arguing, however, is that the
>> >> usage pattern that nbdkit was employing (to access the last line)
>> >> which worked in glibc prior to 2008 when POSIX tried to standardize
>> >> the glibc behavior is not portable, and therefore nbdkit has been
>> >> buggy since its use of the broken paradigm, merely because POSIX
>> >> specified something different than glibc actually implemented.
>> >
>> > Yes, that's what I'm saying. A specification has more weight than a
>> > particular implementation, even if that implementation is glibc.
>> > And especially if that specification has been stable for 17 years.
>> 
>> Thank you both for your input.
>> 
>> I'll bring it up on the libc-alpha list later today. Thankfully it was
>> caught on Rawhide before a new glibc release.
>
> https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1953 tracks the request
> for clarification from the Austin Group (may take several weeks).

Great! I was hoping you would handle that, since I am less familiar with
the Austin Group bug reporting format.

I'll reference it in my libc-alpha mail in case we want to wait for
feedback there.

Thanks,
Collin

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