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Re:Plan 9 from User Space by lstodd on Sunday September 28, 2025 @11:53AM (#45405264)
It's plan9. It is supposed to be at once weird and somewhat fitting.
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Re:Plan 9 from User Space by throwaway2fd82 on Sunday September 28, 2025 @12:17PM (#45405515)
I don't think an INSTALL script with that name is common among Plan 9 software.

Also, this project is designed for operating systems other than Plan 9.

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Re:Plan 9 from User Space by opless on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:11PM (#45406010)
* plan9 PORT sigh the clue is in the name
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Re:Plan 9 from User Space by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday September 28, 2025 @04:06PM (#45407489)
Yes, it's a plan9 port; why would you expect it to change any more than is absolutely needed to get it running on the new host OS?
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Re:Plan 9 from User Space by opless on Sunday September 28, 2025 @09:52PM (#45409715)
Yes, not plan9.

I despair at your (and GGP) lack of comprehension

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Re:Plan 9 from User Space by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday September 29, 2025 @04:41PM (#45418522)
I don't think it's a lack of comprehension, so much as that we disagree what a "port" means.
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Re:Plan 9 from User Space by opless on Monday September 29, 2025 @04:49PM (#45418593)
I was correcting the user's "plan9" comment.

It's a port of a collection of plan 9 userspace to a non-9 operating system.

Perhaps you've now learnt something

GG

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