Subject: Re: compat_linux and uname
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: None <chammer@HRZ.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
List: current-users
Date: 09/02/1997 10:54:36
> 
> On 2 Sep 1997 02:12:45 +0200 
>  tron@lyssa.owl.de (Matthias Scheler) wrote:
> 
>  > the emulation of Linux's uname syscall returns the native operating
>  > system "NetBSD". That leads to problems with e.g. installation scripts
>  > which check the operating system like StarOffice's one.
>  > 
>  > Wouldn't it be wiser to return "Linux" hard coded?
> 
> ...hmm, except you'd like the people who read their WWW server logs to
> see "NetBSD" instead, when you use a Linux Netscape binary.

Perhaps this is a thing that could be made sysctl changeable?
ciao
Carsten

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