Re: [lsb-discuss] Re: New uname option to query exact OS distribution

2004-08-26 Thread Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
Tobias Burnus wrote: Hi, Will someone implement this feature ? Today, I start to implement, and see that on rpm-based distro, likes: RedHat, Yellowdog, FTOSX, etc haves the file, "/etc/'distro-name'-release that may be got from rpm commands. I also note that generally, all these dist

Re: New uname option to query exact OS distribution

2004-08-23 Thread Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
Nick Stoughton wrote: On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 07:46, Bruce Korb wrote: Linux-isms do not belong in POSIX. LSB is the venue for the issue. Regards, Bruce Agreed, and in the LSB, we have (as has been pointed out) lsb_release that gives all this stuff. lsb_release -a LSB Version:1.3 Dist

Re: New uname option to query exact OS distribution

2004-08-23 Thread Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
Markus Kuhn wrote: Feature proposal for POSIX uname: Hi, I like this proposal, but I prefer to maintain "-o" (OS) instead of "-d" (Distro). However, when approved must be POSIX complaint. Thanks, Giovanni At present, the 'uname -o' command simply gives GNU/Linux for any of the many Linux