From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Sep 30 7:10:11 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 06CB515095 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id HAA06230; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 07:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199909301410.HAA06230@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 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 -- --- @(#) $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