Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 05:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/14040: amd has wrong uname data compile in it Message-ID: <199909301250.FAA50298@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/14040; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/14040: amd has wrong uname data compile in it
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:41:34 -0400
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:54:44 -0400, Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com wrote:
>
>> Have amd call the uname C library function at run time to set the
>> $os and $osver variables.
>
>Could you try to explain how this behaviour actually causes a problem
>for you, particularly in the light of the -o option.
>
>Ciao,
>Sheldon.
If you use the -o option and upgrade your system, then the -o option
could have the wrong value (if you forget to change it). Since there is
an easy way to have the system figure it out for you, it is one less thing
that needs to be maintained.
I understand that it is a semantic issue, hence the low priority and
severity.
Does this make sense?
- JimP
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