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The variable operating-system-release

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, 39940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:37:01 +0200

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org,  rgm <at> gnu.org,  39940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 03:21:45 +0000
> 
> >> Would its value be of any use in report-emacs-bug?
> >
> > We already have a similar facility for report-emacs-bug, don't we?
> > AFAIR, it doesn't rely on this variable.
> 
> At least on GNU/Linux, report-emacs-bug does not currently report the
> kernel version.  I was wondering whether that would be useful
> information to include.  Does report-emacs-bug already include the
> information provided by operating-system-release on other platforms?

It depends on what you mean by "kernel version".  What we have there
can be seen in report-emacs-bug--os-description.

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