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Is there any way of determining Debian GNU/kFreeBSD vs Gentoo GNU/kFreeBSD without using sysctl? I know I can get GNU/kFreeBSD out of uname -o, but how can I get 'Debian'? I'm trying to update the bsdstats (http://www.bsdstats.org) script to split between the two, else I have to lump it all in as "GNU/kFreeBSD", which is what we are doing now :( Thanks ... - --On Monday, January 22, 2007 16:22:53 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Petr Salinger wrote: > >> Hi. >> >>> I have a python application which relies on the sys.platform output. >>> >>> I noticed that on GNU/kFreeBSD, the output of sys.paltform has changed from >>> gnukfreebsd5 to gnukfreebsd6. >>> >>> Is this intentional ? >>> How are the numbers calculated ? >> >> It is derived from version number of FreeBSD kernel. >> It used to be 5.3, 5.4 ,6.0 ,6.1. Currently it is 6.2. >> > > Yes, that is what came to my mind too. So, ideally for a FreeBSD 5.x kernel it > should show gnukfreebsd5 and for a FreeBSD 6.x kernel it should show > gnukfreebsd6. > > But on my system, where uname -a reports 5.4-1-486, the output from > sys.platform is gnukfreebsd6. > Which means the sys.platform output is being taken from somewhere else. > >> But I don't know why is part of version number included in sys.platform. >> > There might be a good reason behind that. Even for Linux systems the output of > sys.platform is linux2. I think sys.platform is caring only about the major > releases (though in linux major releases are 2.X) > > And even if that's the (correct) case, sys.platform should output gnukfreebsd5 > for a 5.x FreeBSD kernel installed. > >>> Is there something else I should check for to find out if the platform is a >>> GNU/kFreeBSD box ? >> >> The best would be to test whether sys.platform starts with "gnukfreebsd", >> as gnukfreebsd7 is not so far. >> > > Yes, that'd be my last option. But for the point I mentioned above, I think > there is a bug somewhere. Not sure if it's in the python package or any of the > freebsd related packages. > > I also verified the installed FreeBSD kernel on my system and it says is > kfreebsd-image-5.4-1-486 5.4-21. I don't see any FreeBSD 6.x series kernel > image or utility installed on my box. > > > Ritesh > -- > Ritesh Raj Sarraf > RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com > "Necessity is the mother of invention." > "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is > research." "The great are those who achieve the impossible, the petty are > those who cannot - rrs" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFtMA64QvfyHIvDvMRAhgNAKCslCuVb1LuSlKVcbOr8JXIKW0lWQCfW8yw mxPOSpUuoAUR/NIbIx4D9bQ= =oHMT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
