-#define BC_BASE_MAX 99 /* max ibase/obase values in bc(1) */
-#define BC_DIM_MAX 2048 /* max array elements in bc(1) */
-#define BC_SCALE_MAX 99 /* max scale value in bc(1) */
-#define BC_STRING_MAX 1000 /* max const string length in bc(1) */
-#define COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX 2 /* max weights for order keyword */
-#define EQUIV_CLASS_MAX 2
-#define EXPR_NEST_MAX 32 /* max expressions nested in expr(1) */
-#define LINE_MAX 2048 /* max bytes in an input line */
-#define RE_DUP_MAX 255 /* max RE's in interval notation */
+#if !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) || defined(_DARWIN_C_SOURCE)
+#define CHILD_MAX 266 /* max simultaneous processes */
+#define GID_MAX 2147483647U /* max value for a gid_t (2^31-2) */
+#endif /* (_POSIX_C_SOURCE && !_DARWIN_C_SOURCE) */
+#define LINK_MAX 32767 /* max file link count */
+#define MAX_CANON 1024 /* max bytes in term canon input line */
+#define MAX_INPUT 1024 /* max bytes in terminal input */
+#define NAME_MAX 255 /* max bytes in a file name */
+#define NGROUPS_MAX 16 /* max supplemental group id's */
+#if !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) || defined(_DARWIN_C_SOURCE)
+#define UID_MAX 2147483647U /* max value for a uid_t (2^31-2) */
+
+#define OPEN_MAX 10240 /* max open files per process - todo, make a config option? */
+
+#endif /* (_POSIX_C_SOURCE && !_DARWIN_C_SOURCE) */
+#define PATH_MAX 1024 /* max bytes in pathname */
+#define PIPE_BUF 512 /* max bytes for atomic pipe writes */
+
+#define BC_BASE_MAX 99 /* max ibase/obase values in bc(1) */
+#define BC_DIM_MAX 2048 /* max array elements in bc(1) */
+#define BC_SCALE_MAX 99 /* max scale value in bc(1) */
+#define BC_STRING_MAX 1000 /* max const string length in bc(1) */
+#define CHARCLASS_NAME_MAX 14 /* max character class name size */
+#define COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX 2 /* max weights for order keyword */
+#define EQUIV_CLASS_MAX 2
+#define EXPR_NEST_MAX 32 /* max expressions nested in expr(1) */
+#define LINE_MAX 2048 /* max bytes in an input line */
+#define RE_DUP_MAX 255 /* max RE's in interval notation */
+
+#if __DARWIN_UNIX03
+#define NZERO 20 /* default priority [XSI] */
+ /* = ((PRIO_MAX - PRIO_MIN) / 2) + 1 */
+ /* range: 0 - 39 [(2 * NZERO) - 1] */
+ /* 0 is not actually used */
+#else /* !__DARWIN_UNIX03 */
+#define NZERO 0 /* default priority */
+ /* range: -20 - 20 */
+ /* (PRIO_MIN - PRIO_MAX) */
+#endif /* __DARWIN_UNIX03 */