Re: New uname option to query exact OS distribution

[email protected] (Paul Jarc) Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:37:25 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lsb.discuss
Organization What did you have in mind? A short, blunt, human pyramid?
Message-ID <m3n00lkjic.fsf__15102.8553992093$1093280461$gmane$org@multivac.cwru.edu>
Markus Kuhn <[email protected]> wrote:
> $ uname -d
> SuSE Linux Professional 9.1 (DVD 32-bit)
> $ uname -dv
> SuSE
> $ uname -dp
> Linux Professional
> $ uname -dr
> 9.1
> $ uname -da
> DVD 32-bit

Should the meaning of -v/-p/-r/-a depend on the presence of -d, or
should these get new option names (maybe -V/-P/-R/-A)?


paul