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    Problem Report Number 0667
    Submitter's Classification Specification problem
    State Resolved
    Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Problem Resolution ID REJ.X.0271
    Raised 1970-01-01 08:00
    Updated 2003-03-13 08:00
    Published null
    Product Standard Commands and Utilities V2 (UNIX 95)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSC version 4.1.4
    Test Identification /tset/XOPEN.cmd/uustat/uustat.ex 0
    Problem Summary PG4C.00005 uustat should be considered possibly unsupportable.
    Problem Text
    X/Open Commands and Utilities, Issue 4, section 1.7.1, Codes states
    for code UN "Possibly unsupportable feature.
    It need not be possible to implement the required
    functionality (as defined) on all XSI-conformant systems
    and the functionality need not be present. This may, for
    example, be the case where the XSI-conformant system is
    hosted and the underlying system provides the service in
    an alternative way."

    The uustat utility, SYNOPSIS section, is marked with the UN code.
    However, this same utility is not listed in the Table of Possibly
    Unsupportable utilities in section 1.3.4. And, in the CHANGE HISTORY
    section of uustat, in the specification, under Issue 4, the last
    sentence states "Presence of the utility mandated, even on systems
    where no communications are available."
    Our implementation contains a binary for uustat but it is merely
    a stub and does not perform the uustat functionality.
    Instead we have implemented the behavior which is described
    under APPLICATION USAGE it states:
    Test Output

    Review Information

    Review Type TSMA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Recommendation No Resolution Given
    Review Response
    We recommend this request be refused.

    Our logic is as follows...

    The uustat utility, SYNOPSIS section, is marked with the UN code.

    The uustat utility is marked with both the UN and EX codes. We
    believe the entire synopsis is marked because of the EX code.
    Section 1.7.1 of the XCU spec states

    If an entire SYNOPSIS section is shaded and marked with one EX,
    all the functionality described in that entry is an extension.

    We believe the UN code refers to the uustat options which are
    labeled as UNs. If the EX code were not present only these options
    would be marked in the SYNOPSIS.

    However, this same utility is not listed in the Table of Possibly
    Unsupportable utilities in section 1.3.4. And, in the CHANGE HISTORY
    section of uustat, in the specification, under Issue 4, the last
    sentence states "Presence of the utility mandated, even on systems
    where no communications are available."

    The fact that uustat is not listed in the table of possibly unsupported
    utilities supports our assertion. If the entire utility were unsupported
    it should be listed there. The CHANGE HISTORY is not a normative part
    of the spec (see below).

    under APPLICATION USAGE it states:
    ... "On systems where there are no available communications means
    (either temporarily or permanently), this utility will write
    an error message describing the problem and exit with a non-
    zero exit status."

    Although we can find no explicit statement anywhere in the spec. We
    believe through previous experience that the APPLICATION USAGE
    section, which this statement is quoted from, is not normative.
    It exists only to provide

    "advice to the application programmer about the way the
    utility should be used"

    We believe the APPLICATION USAGE paragraph quoted is advising
    programmers how to handle situations where no communication
    channels are configured on a machine, nothing more.

    Furthermore, we believe that all spec sections following APPLICATION
    USAGE are not normative either. This is the logic behind our
    deprecating the CHANGE HISTORY section reference above.

    Once we eliminate the non-normative portions of the spec from
    consideration there is no discrepency in the spec.

    uustat must be supported.

    We believe that, since uucp should be included in the Table of
    Possibly Unsupportable utilities, section 1.3.4 of the
    specification (see our previous Interpretation request for uucp:
    VSC1157), and since uustat requires uucp to do anything
    meaningful, uustat should also be included in the Table of
    Possibly Unsupportable utilities (section 1.3.4 of the
    specification), allowing it to be UNSUPPORTED in test suite.

    We have reccommended that X/Open refuse the referenced
    interpretation request and require that the IUT provide a working
    uucp which supports both a local and a remote system
    communications means.

    If this reccommendation is accepted a uustat which supports
    uucp must also be provided.

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Review Conclusion
    This request is refused.

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