[ksh93-integration-discuss] getconf SSIZE_MAX

[Roland Mainz]

Glenn Fowler wrote:
> 
> there is an inconsistency in the implementation of
>         getconf SSIZE_MAX
> vs other symbols like
>         getconf SIZE_MAX
>         getconf INT_MAX
>         getconf UINT_MAX
> 
> the inconsistency is that
>         getconf SIZE_MAX
> returns the actual largest value for size_t, whereas
>         getconf SSIZE_MAX
> returns the _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX minmax value, as does
>         getconf _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX
> 
> this shows that getconf is capable of distinguishing between
> actual and minmax values:
>         getconf AIO_LISTIO_MAX          => 4096
>         getconf _POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX   => 2 (the minmax value)
> 
> man did not reveal a special case for SSIZE_MAX
> 
> for consistency "getconf SSIZE_MAX" should return the
> largest value for ssize_t
> 
> any solaris rationale why it doesn't?

CC:'ing Don Cragun&&April for help...

Don/April: Is it possible that this is a bug in Solaris /usr/bin/getconf
?

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Bye,
Roland

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