Mac OS X

[Oliver Hattwig]

Hi out there!

I'm new to the mailing list and watching this thread a fairly long time.
Though I'm neither a Mac OS X user nor interested in supporting a
specific given point of view in this discussion, I just wanted to
mention some more facts.

On Wednesday, August 01, 2001 4:52 PM, Pedro D=EDaz Jim=E9nez wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 July 2001 23:09, Mark Weaver wrote:
>> wait...i'm confused about something here. if MacOS X is the Mac GUI
>> sitting on top of a Linux kernel/filesystem with all the bells, =
whistles,
>> and strengths of Linux [...]
>>
> [...]
>=20
> MacOS X has nothing to do with Linux. It's kernel is neither the linux =
one or=20
> the *BSD ones.

That's not correct regarding what Apple says on its own pages
(http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/darwin/):

"[...] Darwin is the core of Mac OS X. The Darwin kernel is based on
FreeBSD and Mach 3.0 technologies [...]"

And even clearer from the Tech Specs page from Apples own web site
(http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs/):

"[...] At the foundation of Mac OS X lies an industrial-strength =
UNIX-based core
operating system that delivers unprecedented stability and performance."

> MacOSX has a *BSD compatibility layer arround the kernel that=20
> provides the POSIX api and all the things commonly found on a Unix =
system.=20
> Again, MacOSX is not linux or BSD with a pretty UI
>=20
> [...]

So, IMPOV Mac Os X is not based on Linux but - at least partially - =
based on
FreeBSD. And what I think is more important is the fact that Apple =
itself claims
Mac OS X to be UNIX-based.
Any discussion whether it is Linux-based or FreeBSD-based is therefore =
of no
big relevance. Let's sort things out and find the reasons why GnuPG is =
making
problems on Mac OS X, whether the installation is not working properly =
or=20
something has to be done on the code.

Regards and HAND,

Oliver