Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 17:36:24 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Richards <paul@lambda.demon.co.uk> To: peter@haywire.dialix.com (Peter Wemm) Cc: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-sys@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sysctl.c Message-ID: <199507101636.RAA02603@server.netcraft.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.91.950709105622.18757G-100000@haywire.DIALix.COM> from "Peter Wemm" at Jul 9, 95 10:56:58 am
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In reply to Peter Wemm who said > > On Sat, 8 Jul 1995, Peter Wemm wrote: > > Modified: sys/kern kern_sysctl.c > > Log: > > This implements enough of the BSDI extensions to the net-2 ogetkerninfo() > > syscall to allow applications linked against their libc's uname() to > > work. Netscape 1.1N being a prime example, which prints: > > "uname() failed. cant tell what system we're running on". > > This change is a little ugly, but that's mainly because of the "interesting" > > semantics of the BSDI extension. > > Since ogetkerninfo() is only enabled by COMPAT_43, Netscape will only > > be affected on kernels with that option (eg: "GENERIC") > > Reviewed by: davidg > > Sorry. I forgot to mention that it closes PR 562... Umm, well, close it then? -- Paul Richards, Bluebird Computer Systems. FreeBSD core team member. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, http://www.freebsd.org/~paul Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1222 457651 (home)
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