From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 10 10:15:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA25684 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:15:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cerebus.nectar.com (nectar-gw.nectar.com [204.0.249.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA25618 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:14:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nectar@nectar.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by cerebus.nectar.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA09462; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:13:23 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nectar@nectar.com) Received: from spawn.nectar.com(10.0.0.101) by cerebus.nectar.com via smap (V2.1) id xma009460; Tue, 10 Nov 98 12:13:21 -0600 Received: from spawn.nectar.com (localhost.nectar.com [127.0.0.1]) by spawn.nectar.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA11517; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:13:21 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nectar@spawn.nectar.com) Message-Id: <199811101813.MAA11517@spawn.nectar.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 X-PGP-RSAfprint: 00 F9 E6 A2 C5 4D 0A 76 26 8B 8B 57 73 D0 DE EE X-PGP-RSAkey: http://www.nectar.com/nectar-pgp262.txt From: Jacques Vidrine In-reply-to: <199811100634.WAA12678@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <199811100634.WAA12678@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: linux software installation and uname To: Steve Kargl cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, dnelson@emsphone.com, rivers@dignus.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:13:21 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Why would we not put a real linux uname(1) in /compat/linux/usr/bin? This is an emulation issue. Why impact the BSD userland sources? The path of munging BSD so that it looks like some other OS leads to just throwing out our userland and using some Linux distribution... or worse yet, an attempt to become some chameleon OS such as AIX. Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org On 9 November 1998 at 22:34, Steve Kargl wrote: [snip] > There is a point of "diminishing returns" with respect to > maintain a large collection of scripts, particularly when a 4 line > change to uname(1) will accommodate the majority of the vendor supplied > scripts. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNkiCQDeRhT8JRySpAQHT+wP/Sf1JgGjOQm/Om1GZ6NF7NcmwxWMm39Sx KkgdwE05xreTVBylXIUaFoxV1UwE/Mpo0sW1RFWnZ0Q3kz0TFtEaLMKUyXjz5wSa G98HVFkKKPHd+H1bSjAUg9JwQMBKIebRScvAGrAwCqLuxU0sBk8QWgWKUBZnmshf /R/+AahLxRw= =v1DS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message