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

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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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