Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:25:57 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>, Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_misc.c Message-ID: <199907052125.OAA14726@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Jul 1999 04:58:52 %2B0800." <19990705205852.686FA78@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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> > Lots. Every third-party script that runs "uname" (and no, we can't > > patch them all) just for starters. > > IMHO, it would have been better to have linux_lib to also install > /compat/linux/bin/uname along with the other binaries. If that returned > "Linux" then there would be no need to hack install scripts. That's not entirely true, unfortunately. I've run into at least one where the uname value is actually exported from the installation's helper binary. On top of that, parking a "special" uname on top of the stock RedHat base system is asking for trouble. It makes eg. upgrading the install problematic. Basically, the ROI on returning "FreeBSD" is just so trivially low compared to the hassles it causes. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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