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Subject: POSIX File Structure Conventions for Ada (Was: Standard Library
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Robert I. Eachus wrote:

> Stephane Richard wrote:
>>                                        I'm no latin speaking individual
>> and I'm curious to know the difference between De-Facto and De-Jure :-).
>> although I have an idea based on the context if this quote hehe...
> 
> 
> Roughly "de facto" = "in fact", and "de jure" = "in law".
> 
> In the standards industry, a de facto standard is something most people 
> use, even though it is not particularly blessed by some standards 
> organization.  Windows is a de facto standard, even if you have no idea 
> what will happen when you take some action in Windows, the fact that so 
> many people are using it makes it a de facto standard.  Similarly, Linux 
> is a de facto standard, and POSIX is a de jure standard.  Is it possible 
> for a version of Linux to be POSIX compliant?  Sure.  In fact, Windows 
> NT 4.0 was sold as POSIX compliant even if no one other than masochists 
> tried to use the POSIX interface. ;-)

Which causes me to ask: is there any Ada interested parties working
on efforts such as the Linux Standards Base (LSB)? Or is there any
Ada based work related to directory/file structure naming in POSIX?

I would love to hear what the generally accepted practice is for
placing Ada packages on a UNIX file system should be. The library
files are already well defined, but where is the standard location
to put:

   Ada specs (and bodies for generics)?
   Those GNAT *.ali files?

in a POSIX compliant platform? On Linux?  In /opt? In /usr/local?
If so, where in there?

Warren.