> Should maybe "PARSE SOURCE" return "UBUNTU" instead of "LINUX" to indicate
> that it behaves
> differently compared to other Linuxes?
Parse source return the info provides by CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME
And by some tweak of configure.ac before that
I just run a
cmake --system-information info.txt
But nothing useful there
The only command that might give a hint about the linux distribution might be
Some variant of the uname command and the equivalent programmatic construct
[vagrant@debian9 ~]$uname -v
#1 SMP Debian 4.9.144-3 (2019-02-02)
But …
[vagrant@fedora ~]$uname -v
#1 SMP Wed Feb 13 13:08:05 UTC 2019
And
[enrico@imac ~]$uname -v
Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: Thu Dec 20 21:47:19 PST 2018;
root:xnu-4570.71.22~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Unfortunately it is also almost impossible to parse the information returned by
the
command uname -a
If it is possible to determine the testing path with the info we have now
without too many IFs or CASEs lets keep it that way
For borderline cases like this one I would make a group of
?questionable test cases with odd behaviour without the assertions
but with a short explication of the different results
Have a nice weekend
Cheers
E
> On 16 Feb 2019, at 16:41, Rony G. Flatscher <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at> wrote:
>
> What would you suggest/advise given your huge knowledge and experiences on so
> many different Unix
> systems?
>
> Should the test be adapted to check whether Ubuntu is the host system (e.g.
> "if
> sysVersion()~caselessPos('Ubuntu')>0 then ...")?
>
> Should the function work differently on Ubuntu to match the behaviour of
> other Unix systems? If so,
> how could one determine/decide which behaviour should be expected/picked by
> Rexx programmers
> employing them?
>
> Should the functions behave according to the host system's behaviour, but
> document it? If so, then
> maybe a means for querying the exact behaviour might become important for
> Rexx programmers to adjust
> their logic accordingly (or pick a different function or use address).
>
> How should differences among Unix versions be handled in principle?
>
> Should maybe "PARSE SOURCE" return "UBUNTU" instead of "LINUX" to indicate
> that it behaves
> differently compared to other Linuxes?
>
> ---rony
>
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