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Subject:    Re: [laptop-discuss] [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] So when are
From:       "C._Bergström" <codestr0m () osunix ! org>
Date:       2010-04-15 12:51:42
Message-ID: 4BC70BDE.2070103 () osunix ! org
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Dennis Clarke wrote:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> Regarding the i18n code, do we have any sort of detailed specs on it such that a \
> motivated programmer could sit down with a stack of POSIX books and just begin to \
> hammer it out from first principals? I mean, without doing something obscene like \
> reverse engineering or simple disassembly. 
> Dennis 
> 
> ps: sorry about the lack of message indenting but Sun Convergence isn't doing that \
> for me this morning. Thankfully it does not break maillist threads. 
Dennis

The task is very clear..

#1 Take the closed bin.. extract.. run objdump on it to determine the 
symbol(s) (which will probably match the name of the file) This is an 
interface to a POSIX compliant function as you realize..
#2 Take Citrus from NetBSD and see how they implemented it.  (In many 
cases it will be trivial)
#3 QA/fix bugs.. (Simply build a static archive like they do and see if 
it works as a suitable drop-in replacement)

Steps 1-2 shouldn't take long tbh and the POSIX books are probably not 
even required if the NetBSD compatibility can be believed.
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