From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 9 10:51:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA06405 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:51:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA06400 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:51:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.8.8) id KAA10694; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:55:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199811091855.KAA10694@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname In-Reply-To: <7734.910632801@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Nov 9, 1998 9:33:21 am" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:55:54 -0800 (PST) Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to Jordan K. Hubbard: > > Actually, you didn't. Stick a uname in the appropriate /compat/linux > > directory and it will be called (and return Linux) which doesn't bloat > > FreeBSD's code with Linux-centric bits. > > Ah, that's another good point. :-) > The install script on the cdrom had hardcoded tests for /usr/bin/uname and /bin/uname. If we every get to the emulation of Digital Unix and Solaris where we have /compat/linux, /compat/digital, /compat/solaris, etc., then we need several versions of uname. Now, we're talking about bloat. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message