Subject: Re: CVS commit: syssrc
To: None <source-changes@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Ty Sarna <tsarna@endicor.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/29/2000 22:04:59
In article <200012292107.XAA28434@netbsd.hut.fi>,
Frank van der Linden  <fvdl@netbsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Log Message:
> Hardcode what the linux uname() calls return (Linux 2.2.5 is the current
> value). A few major applications check for this (like VMware), and
> there is no other way to trick them. Needs a more generic solution
> eventually.

This has a PR downside: netscape (and opera?) will no longer show up in
web server logs as NetBSD. 

Not sure what to suggest as an alternative, though...  (other than some
gross hack to check and see if it looks like we're running
navigator/communicator/...). Bleh.