Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 13:22:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c Message-ID: <199907052022.NAA14314@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Jul 1999 03:43:03 %2B0800." <19990705194303.B32C664@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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> 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. > > You'd be better off tweaking uname(1) for install scripts etc that are > version sensitive. We discussed this at length; there are good technical reasons for returning "linux" here, certainly much better reasons than childish vanity on the part of people that refuse to run the FreeBSD Netscape binary. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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