Re: "Faking" uname as OpenBSD on MirBSD

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Subject: Re: "Faking" uname as OpenBSD on MirBSD
From: Georg Schwarz <georg.schwarz%freenet.de@localhost>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:12:14 +0100

Am 03.02.2012 um 18:41 schrieb Benny Siegert:

> Hi!
> 
> A while ago, Aleksey Cheusov suggested adding a facility to fake the uname as 
> OpenBSD under MirBSD. This could be enabled for problematic packages lacking 
> MirBSD support on a case-by-case basis. MirPorts does something similar for 
> cdrtools and friends.

This is pretty dirty, IMHO. Wouldn't it be better to patch the packages?

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