From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Sep 30 5:50: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78BA215419 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 05:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id FAA50298; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 05:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 05:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199909301250.FAA50298@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Jim Pirzyk Subject: Re: bin/14040: amd has wrong uname data compile in it Reply-To: Jim Pirzyk Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/14040; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jim Pirzyk To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/14040: amd has wrong uname data compile in it Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:41:34 -0400 On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: >On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:54:44 -0400, Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com wrote: > >> Have amd call the uname C library function at run time to set the >> $os and $osver variables. > >Could you try to explain how this behaviour actually causes a problem >for you, particularly in the light of the -o option. > >Ciao, >Sheldon. If you use the -o option and upgrade your system, then the -o option could have the wrong value (if you forget to change it). Since there is an easy way to have the system figure it out for you, it is one less thing that needs to be maintained. I understand that it is a semantic issue, hence the low priority and severity. Does this make sense? - JimP -- --- @(#) $Id: dot.signature,v 1.6 1999/09/24 12:53:00 pirzyk Exp $ __o Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com ------------------------------------- _'\<,_ System Intergrator, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida (*)/ (*) at Disney MGM Studios To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message