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Date:      Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:50:15 -0500 (EST)
From:      Eugene Prodeguene <eprod@rootshell.be>
To:        Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: uname -c: alias for uname -rms
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSO.4.64.0811091948390.26022@honey.rootshell.be>
In-Reply-To: <491782BD.9090009@freebsd.org>
References:  <491764C3.5020504@gmail.com> <491782BD.9090009@freebsd.org>

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Not to mention Richard Stallman would be non to happy to see the -rms 
option set replaced with -c. j/k.

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008, Tim Kientzle wrote:

> Are there any precedents for this option?
>
> If not, then I don't see the point.  If you have to tell someone to send you 
> the output of uname, you may as well tell them to use uname -rms.
> (I prefer uname -v personally.)
>
> Tim
>
>
> Eitan Adler wrote:
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>> 
>> Personally I find that uname -rms to be the most useful set of uname
>> flags (especially when providing support in a public setting).
>> 
>> inspiration:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.chat.digest/browse_frm/thread/b0c44dad9f63f2bd
>> 
>> Any comments on the following patch:
>> 
>> - --- uname.c	2008-11-09 17:26:52.000000000 -0500
>> +++ uname.old	2008-11-09 17:26:41.000000000 -0500
>> @@ -88,11 +88,14 @@
>>  	setup_get();
>>  	flags = 0;
>> 
>> - -	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "aimnprsv")) != -1)
>> +	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "acimnprsv")) != -1)
>>  		switch(ch) {
>>  		case 'a':
>>  			flags |= (MFLAG | NFLAG | RFLAG | SFLAG | VFLAG);
>>  			break;
>> +            case 'c':
>> +                  flags |= (RFLAG | MFLAG | SFLAG);
>> +                  break;
>>  		case 'i':
>>  			flags |= IFLAG;
>>  			break;
>> 
>> - --
>> Eitan Adler
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