GNU bug report logs - #11184
[lfs-dev] uname -i, -p show 'unknown' after update to coreutils-8.16

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From: Matthew Burgess <matthew <at> linuxfromscratch.org>
To: LFS Developers Mailinglist <lfs-dev <at> linuxfromscratch.org>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [lfs-dev] uname -i,
	-p show 'unknown' after update to coreutils-8.16
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 2:34:40 -0600

That's because we (LFS) dropped the uname patch from
our build instructions because upstream won't take
it in its current form.  If my understanding is
correct, the correct way of implementing this feature
is by a combination of changes in the kernel & Glibc.

I don't have the skill necessary to do that, and
by virtue of the fact that these uname patches have
been floating around for so many years, nobody with
the skill has the inclination to fix this.

Is this causing you any issues other than purely
cosmetic ones?

Regards,

Matt.

Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: xinglp <xinglp <at> gmail.com>
To: LFS Developers Mailinglist <lfs-dev <at> linuxfromscratch.org>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [lfs-dev] uname -i,
	-p show 'unknown' after update to coreutils-8.16
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:13:29 +0800

在 2012年4月5日 下午4:34，Matthew Burgess <matthew <at> linuxfromscratch.org> 写道：
> That's because we (LFS) dropped the uname patch from
> our build instructions because upstream won't take
> it in its current form.  If my understanding is
> correct, the correct way of implementing this feature
> is by a combination of changes in the kernel & Glibc.
>
> I don't have the skill necessary to do that, and
> by virtue of the fact that these uname patches have
> been floating around for so many years, nobody with
> the skill has the inclination to fix this.
>
> Is this causing you any issues other than purely
> cosmetic ones?
a few of my bash scripts depend on "uname -i" or "uname -p", I think
I'd better change them to use "uname -m".
[sorry, forget to cc to bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org]
>
> Regards,
>
> Matt.
>
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Message #11 received at 11184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11184: [lfs-dev] uname -i, -p show 'unknown' after update to
 coreutils-8.16
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:50:16 -0600

tags 11184 wontfix
severity 11184 wishlist
close 11184
stop

(triaging old bugs)

Hello,

On 05/04/12 02:34 AM, Matthew Burgess wrote:
> That's because we (LFS) dropped the uname patch from
> our build instructions because upstream won't take
> it in its current form.  If my understanding is
> correct, the correct way of implementing this feature
> is by a combination of changes in the kernel & Glibc.

That is correct - stock coreutils' uname(1) reports "unknown"
for -i/-p on Linux, though some distributions provide their
own down-stream patches.

As such I'm closing this bug.

regards,
 - assaf

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