The C standard is starting a revision ... while you may be too late for
POSIX, you are NOT too late for C! Please consider writing a paper for
the C committee; the paper should include background on why the feature
is required, where it has been implemented, and proposed words for the
standard.
Th
rce kernel and library) had uname -d
behaving as you describe, it would be appropriate for the standards
committees to consider it for inclusion. But WE DON"T INVENT STUFF HERE
(sorry for shouting, but it is a critical point!).
(OK, the LSB invented lsb_release, but they also supplied it to all