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Warner

> Ref. uname reports FreeBSD and not Linux
(1) command and so will possibly break because we
> : report FreeBSD as the OS type?
> 
> Theoretically, yes, this could be the case.  To date, none have
> surfaced.

I have a breakage.
I run Linux Netscape because I need plugins.

If you try and download MacroMedia FLASH plugin, their web site
determins the OS and says
"Aah. You are running FreeBSD. We do not have a plugin for you"


Fortuantly, there is a manual option to get the Linux plugin and
install it.

This can be fixed in our case by patching the "netscape"
startup script to use a new uname program which returns
Linux.

Bye
Roger


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