Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:10:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/14040: amd has wrong uname data compile in it Message-ID: <199909301410.HAA06230@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/14040; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/14040: amd has wrong uname data compile in it
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:02:59 -0400
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:41:34 -0400, Jim Pirzyk wrote:
>
>> I understand that it is a semantic issue, hence the low priority and
>> severity.
>>
>> Does this make sense?
>
>Yes, I just want to know what problems you think would be caused in such
>a case. I ask because this is something that'll "go wrong" very seldom,
>and I'm pretty sure that osversion is supposed to store the os under
>which amd was compiled, not what it's running under right now.
But hard coding values that should be determined at run time limits the
flexability of the software....
- JimP
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