Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:19:22 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the output of uname -m or -p Message-ID: <478BC3CA.8010307@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <fmfg0b$102j$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <fme51j$t4q$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <478AA6DE.2080905@FreeBSD.org> <fmfg0b$102j$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net>
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Christian Baer wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:03:42 +0100 Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>> Can this even be done and if so how? >> See the manpage, and the UNAME_* variables. > > One other thing: Will that change the way the system reacts in any way? > Apps should run normally (well, a browser may give a wrong plattform > information but that should be it). But what happens if you try to compile > something? Will a wrong plattform or CPU variable screw up what the > compiler spits out? Could be rather unhealthy if the compiler optimizes > code for a sun4u on an i386. :-) It will confuse some things, yes. e.g. buildworld and ports, and maybe some things at runtime. Kris
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