Editing Linux Standard Base (section)

===Quality of compliance test suites===
Additionally, the compliance test suites were criticized for being buggy and incomplete—most notably, in 2005 [[Ulrich Drepper]] criticized the LSB for poorly written tests which can cause incompatibility between LSB-certified distributions when some implement incorrect behavior to make buggy tests work, while others apply for and receive waivers from complying with the tests.<ref name="drepper-2005">{{cite web | url = http://udrepper.livejournal.com/8511.html | title = Do you still think the LSB has some value? | author = Drepper, Ulrich | date = 2005-09-17 | access-date = 2010-04-26}}</ref> He also denounced a lack of application testing, pointing out that testing only distributions can never solve the problem of applications relying on implementation-defined behavior.<ref name="drepper-2005"/>

For the vendors considering LSB certifications in their portability efforts, the [[Linux Foundation]] sponsored a tool that analyzed and provided guidance on symbols and libraries that go beyond the LSB.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb/all-about-linux-application-checker | title = All About the Linux Application Checker | publisher = [[Linux Foundation]] | year = 2008 | access-date = 2010-04-26}}</ref>