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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:41:59 -0600 (CST)
From:      Tony Kimball <alk@East.Sun.COM>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   bin/5826: uname '-p' option
Message-ID:  <199802231741.LAA07107@compound.east.sun.com>

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>Number:         5826
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       cross-platform script compatibility
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 23 12:00:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tony Kimball
>Organization:
Dis
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:


>Description:

I find many SVR4 scripts using the -p option of uname to get
BSD uname -m functionality.  Here's a one-line to provide 
script-compatibility.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
	
; cd usr.bin/uname; cvs diff -c3 uname.c
Index: uname.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /work/repository/FreeBSD/src/usr.bin/uname/uname.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -c -3 -r1.2 uname.c
*** uname.c	1997/03/29 04:33:22	1.2
--- uname.c	1998/02/23 17:36:09
***************
*** 72,77 ****
--- 72,78 ----
  		case 'a':
  			flags |= (MFLAG | NFLAG | RFLAG | SFLAG | VFLAG);
  			break;
+ 		case 'p':
  		case 'm':
  			flags |= MFLAG;
  			break;
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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