271117 – sys-apps/coreutils-7.1: output of uname -o (and -a) is misleading.

Bug 271117 - sys-apps/coreutils-7.1: output of uname -o (and -a) is misleading.

Summary: sys-apps/coreutils-7.1: output of uname -o (and -a) is misleading.

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2009-05-24 19:38 UTC by nico
Modified:	2009-05-26 07:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description nico 2009-05-24 19:38:26 UTC

uname -o (--operating-system) displays "GNU/Linux". This can be misleading when using uClibc. Using something like "Gentoo" would be more meaningful and more accurate.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. uname -o
Actual Results:  
GNU/Linux

Expected Results:  
Gentoo or Gentoo Linux

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-05-26 07:14:04 UTC

will i tend to agree, there are packages out there that parse the output of `uname` to determine behavior and the last thing i want to do is break them over something trivial like this