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‘uname -s’ from Gash-Utils-Boot returns nothing

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 46537 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46537: ‘uname -s’ from Gash-Utils-Boot returns nothing
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:52:06 +0200

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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 06:24:46PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Gash-Utils ‘uname’ seems to be confused:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ $(guix build -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) gash-utils-boot)')/bin/uname -a
> Linux ribbon 5.10.10-gnu #1 SMP 1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> $ $(guix build -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) gash-utils-boot)')/bin/uname -s
> 
> $ guix describe
> Generacio 175	Feb 04 2021 22:52:40	(nuna)
>   guix 5ae09d7
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: 5ae09d7979a0696d862b9555314eab199f7ce576
> $ uname -s
> Linux
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Ludo’.
> 

The attached patch fixes it for me when I build it locally. Tested
against master, with an expanded guix.scm to build multiple versions.

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