Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:49:50 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Markus Mueller <casparos@yahoo.de> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: own OS-Name Message-ID: <86bq0es7r5.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <489124C3.4060600@yahoo.de> (Markus Mueller's message of "Thu\, 31 Jul 2008 04\:34\:43 %2B0200") References: <489124C3.4060600@yahoo.de>
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Markus Mueller <casparos@yahoo.de> writes: > I will create my own *BSD OS based on FreeBSD. > How can I change the Name of this OS ? > I mean, that in Logfiles, for example, of servers, which I connect by > sufing in the web and in application which locate the OS instead > "FREEBSD" an another OS-Name "MyOS-Name" will be displayed. You don't want to do that. It will cause you no end of pain with third-party software that relies on uname -s and / or compiler macros (__FreeBSD__) to turn specific features on or off. You will have to patch pretty much every autoconf script in existence. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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