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"unknown" for uname -p related

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Message #22 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>,
 Norbert de Jonge <mail <at> norbertdejonge.nl>, 21098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
 djm <at> djmnet.org
Subject: Re: bug#21098: uname man page
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 01:54:58 +0100

unarchive 13001
unarchive 15757
forcemerge 13001 15757 21098
close 13001
stop

On 21/07/15 14:34, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks, that patch looks good, except for some nits.  POSIX spells the phrase 
> "non-portable" and we might as well be consistent.  The --help lines would look 
> better as:
> 
>    -p, --processor          print the processor type (non-portable)\n\
>    -i, --hardware-platform  print the hardware platform (non-portable)\n\
> 
> as the period would look funny after a non-capitalized sentence.

Done and pushed.
I've closed the bugs now since we've discouraged use of these options.
Since they're platform specific, any logic changes should be
in uname(1) and/or the kernel.

thanks,
Pádraig.

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