Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 10:56:58 +0800 (WST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.dialix.com> To: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-sys@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sysctl.c Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91.950709105622.18757G-100000@haywire.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: <199507090249.TAA15306@freefall.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, 8 Jul 1995, Peter Wemm wrote: > Modified: sys/kern kern_sysctl.c > Log: > This implements enough of the BSDI extensions to the net-2 ogetkerninfo() > syscall to allow applications linked against their libc's uname() to > work. Netscape 1.1N being a prime example, which prints: > "uname() failed. cant tell what system we're running on". > This change is a little ugly, but that's mainly because of the "interesting" > semantics of the BSDI extension. > Since ogetkerninfo() is only enabled by COMPAT_43, Netscape will only > be affected on kernels with that option (eg: "GENERIC") > Reviewed by: davidg Sorry. I forgot to mention that it closes PR 562... -Peter
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