brinkema@fjcnet.GOV (John R. Brinkema) (09/22/89)
I am writing a paper about the problems of converting (porting) software between various versions of UNIX, in particular *standard UNIX* System V, BSD 4.x, and Xenix. I have done many ports in many 'directions' but am very interested in others' experience. In particular, do you have a standard procedure; a set of feature-areas that you always check; tricks that make the porting easier? Also what are the hardest feature to port; what features are so subtle that bugs from them hide? I will sumarize. tia. jb.