This has been discussed upstream; see: * http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-09/msg00053.html for a more discussed thread, or * http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-04/msg00089.html for a to-the-point one.
There are other hits, BTW. Summary, as far as I can understand: coreutils will not provide 'uname -p -i' on Linux platforms since the 'sysinfo()' call does not support it, and /proc is er, considered too Linux-specific. I would tend to mark this one INVALID, but I agree this should be available somewhere... -- uname -p and uname -i reporting `unknown' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/470550 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs