--- Tobias Rundström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 03:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Agreed. It probably was for System V, which different vendors customized. > > Hardware vendors don't customize Linux, distributors do. > > > > However, that raises an interesting question: should uname be changed? > > Linux darkness 2.4.14 #3 Mon Nov 26 13:37:56 CET 2001 i686 debian > > ? > > That would be great, much more usefull than the unknown. > > but it will probably break something, won't it?
Maybe someone should just try it out. Compile a new uname and all that stuff which returns debian as the vendor and see whether anything breaks. If it does, fix it, because it shouldn't. :) - Michael ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/MU d- s+:+ a--- C++ ULISBH+++ P+++ L++(-) E- W--(+) N o? K? w--- !O !M V?> PS+++ !PE Y+ PGP- t+(-) 5 X R+>+++ tv-- b++ DI(+) D G e->+++ h r-- y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com