Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 22:16:14 +0200 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, sos@freebsd.dk, imp@harmony.village.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c Message-ID: <3781128E.D9FF98DA@scc.nl> References: <19990705194303.B32C664@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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Peter Wemm wrote: > > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > marcel 1999/07/05 12:18:04 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c > > Log: > > Let newuname return "Linux" as the OS name and not "FreeBSD". Also, return > a > > more sensible (for Linux applications) release number. Hardcoding a release > > number has its drawbacks, but it will do for now. > > No no! :-) > > Actually, this was deliberately left as FreeBSD because of things like > netscape etc which record the name in the request. > > You'd be better off tweaking uname(1) for install scripts etc that are > version sensitive. This is what I was afraid of :-( Food for thought: 1) 1 simple modification to newuname saves countless hours/days/weeks of hacking programs, install scripts and the like. And I don't even mention all those other programs and scripts that get broken by the hack because of all those unpredictable dependencies and quirks. 2) There was not and never will be a Linux kernel that returns "FreeBSD" as the OS name. 3) What's wrong with the FreeBSD native Netscape that some users are using a Linux Netscape even though they will do everything to prevent a web server to "think" that the client is a Linux machine. 4) Emulation: Effort or ambition to equal or excel another in any act or quality. 5) What good is an emulator if it is written to influence statistics instead of supporting the largest number of programs. If you all feel the same way after reading this, then you've really and completely lost me. (ain't I a stinker :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ Amsterdam, The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4200655 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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