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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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