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[PATCH] Fix reporting `unknown' by uname -p and uname -i

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From: Artur Rona <ari-tczew <at> tlen.pl>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix reporting `unknown' by uname -p and uname -i
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:26:24 +0200

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I'm sending a patch from Launchpad, which fixes bug in coreutils.

TEST CASE:
Use command 'uname -i' or uname -p'

Launchpad bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/470550
Patch is able to use on coreutils 8.5.

We look forward to your response.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Artur Rona <ari-tczew <at> tlen.pl>
Cc: 7255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7255: [PATCH] Fix reporting `unknown' by uname -p and uname -i
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:54:59 -0600

On 10/20/2010 03:26 PM, Artur Rona wrote:
> I'm sending a patch from Launchpad, which fixes bug in coreutils.
>
> TEST CASE:
> Use command 'uname -i' or uname -p'
>
> Launchpad bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/470550
> Patch is able to use on coreutils 8.5.
>
> We look forward to your response.

Thanks for your work.  But as pointed out in that launchpad discussion:

> This has been discussed upstream; see:
>
> * http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-09/msg00053.html for a more discussed thread, or
> * http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-04/msg00089.html for a to-the-point one.
>
> There are other hits, BTW.
>
> Summary, as far as I can understand: coreutils will not provide 'uname -p -i' on Linux platforms since the 'sysinfo()' call does not support it, and /proc is er, considered too Linux-specific.
>
> I would tend to mark this one INVALID

I still think you are better off investing effort in improving the Linux 
kernel uname() or sysinfo() syscalls to provide the information natively 
than you are to try and parse /proc/cpuinfo on the fly.

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From: Artur Rona <ari-tczew <at> tlen.pl>
To: 7255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:28:40 +0200

I am not an author of this patch, just only forwarder. We would like to
upload a fix to this bug. I hoped that this patch will be helpful for
coreutils developers.

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From: C de-Avillez <hggdh2 <at> ubuntu.com>
To: Artur Rona <ari-tczew <at> tlen.pl>
Cc: 7255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7255:
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:18:27 -0500

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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:28:40 +0200
Artur Rona <ari-tczew <at> tlen.pl> wrote:

> I am not an author of this patch, just only forwarder. We would like
> to upload a fix to this bug. I hoped that this patch will be helpful
> for coreutils developers.

The idea of this patch (which I copied, as in the LP bug, from Fedora)
was to provide a stopgap option until the Linux kernel implements the
equivalent.

The reason was (or, I guess, still is) that some upstream source rely
on this being available, and having the '-i' or '-p' would minimise
our deltas.

But I knew, from the beginning, that it would not be acceptable
upstream. Perhaps with a confluence of all Linux distros that might
happen, though.

Cheers,

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