Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:55:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: peter@netplex.com.au (Peter Wemm) Cc: marcel@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c Message-ID: <199907051955.VAA55537@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <19990705194303.B32C664@overcee.netplex.com.au> from Peter Wemm at "Jul 6, 1999 3:43: 3 am"
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It seems Peter Wemm wrote: > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > marcel 1999/07/05 12:18:04 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c > > Log: > > Let newuname return "Linux" as the OS name and not "FreeBSD". Also, return > a > > more sensible (for Linux applications) release number. Hardcoding a release > > number has its drawbacks, but it will do for now. > > No no! :-) > > Actually, this was deliberately left as FreeBSD because of things like > netscape etc which record the name in the request. Exactly, have to be on Peter's side here, this has been discussed numerous times, and it should be left as is... > You'd be better off tweaking uname(1) for install scripts etc that are > version sensitive. Endeed... -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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