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Date:      Thu, 9 Oct 1997 23:04:33 -0500
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To:        Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
Cc:        cracauer@cons.org, freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: LINUX emulation and uname(3).
Message-ID:  <19971009230433.37612@right.PCS>
In-Reply-To: <199710100249.WAA08040@lakes.dignus.com>; from Thomas David Rivers on Oct 10, 1997 at 10:49:40PM -0400
References:  <199710100249.WAA08040@lakes.dignus.com>

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On Oct 10, 1997 at 10:49:40PM -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote:
> I have a program, written for Linux, that uses the uname() information
> as part of its license check...
> 
> Unfortunately, the check fails... the company indicates that the
> failure is due to incorrect uname() information.
> 
> So - does the uname() call under Linux emulation claim to be a LINUX
> box?  - or - does it claim to be a FreeBSD box...
> 

The Linux uname() call currently reports the FreeBSD info.  I suppose
that this could be made into a sysctl if it really becomes a nuisance?
(see sys/i386/linux/linux_misc.c:linux_newuname for the implementation)
--
Jonathan



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