uname -p and uname -i reporting `unknown'
Bug #470550 reported by
Matthias Klose
This bug affects 8 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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coreutils (Debian) |
Fix Released
|
Unknown
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coreutils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Won't Fix
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: coreutils
got bitten by build scripts using these; apparently on other distributions they report something else than `unknown'. these configure scripts make wrong assumptions:
-p, --processor
print the processor type or "unknown"
-i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform or "unknown"
Nevertheless for less surprises it would be useful to set these values to something else than "unknown".
Related branches
lp:~ari-tczew/ubuntu/maverick/coreutils/lp-470550
Ready for review
for merging
into
lp:ubuntu/maverick/coreutils
- Artur Rona (community): Disapprove
- Daniel Holbach (community): Needs Information
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Diff: 115 lines (+92/-0)3 files modifieddebian/changelog (+9/-0)
debian/patches/00list (+1/-0)
debian/patches/80_fedora_sysinfo.dpatch (+82/-0)
Changed in coreutils (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
milestone: | none → lucid-alpha-1 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in coreutils (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
Changed in coreutils (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
milestone: | lucid-alpha-1 → none |
tags: | added: kj-triage |
Changed in coreutils (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Won't Fix |
Changed in coreutils (Debian): | |
status: | Won't Fix → Fix Released |
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This has been discussed upstream; see:
* http:// lists.gnu. org/archive/ html/bug- coreutils/ 2005-09/ msg00053. html for a more discussed thread, or lists.gnu. org/archive/ html/bug- coreutils/ 2007-04/ msg00089. html for a to-the-point one.
* http://
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, but I agree this should be available somewhere...