On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 14:39:19 +1200 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> InfoHelp wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rik $ uname -s > > Linux > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rik $ uname -o > > GNU/Linux > > Which only proves that the uname command on your system is a FSF/GNU > project program. The FreeBSD uname does not have the "-o" option, > because the FreeBSD uname author doesn't feel the need to define an > "operating system" in the same manner that GNU does. > > It does *not* show that your favourite distribution thinks that it > itself is "GNU/Linux", only that it has chosen to use the GNU project > 'uname' command. > > -jim good point, my system tells me that /bin/uname is provided by the package coreutils and also by the package sh-utils, and that both packages hail from the land of GNU. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
