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[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2021-09-28 at 20:24 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:54:46 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> 
> > UNIX / POSIX partitions are not limitedon.
> > On POSIX, partitions can be mounted anywhere
> 
> yes, and even Linux which is neither UNIX nor POSIX nor has any
> reliable standard (just the Linux Standard Base (LSB), which is no
> standard at all) in this regard is similar to POSIX.

Linux, or more accurately GNU/Linux since most of POSIX is about the C
runtime and utilities, rather than the kernel, is POSIX compliant for
all practical purposes.  Of course in such a sprawling standard there
can be bugs, there can be misinterpretations, there can be missing
bits.

And of course, it costs way too much $$ for anyone to care about
getting GNU/Linux in general to be certified.  However there HAVE been
Linux-based distributions that have been officially certified, so it's
certainly do-able.

But I'm not aware of any egregious or important non-compliances in
GNU/Linux that would justify saying it's "not POSIX".