uname output ?

[Derek D. Martin]

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At some point hitherto, pll at lanminds.com hath spake thusly:
> Now, last I checked, Stallman wanted to call the "entire system" GNU/Linux
> because so much of the environment is built upon GNU software.
> However, in the context of 'uname' would "operating system" also 
> refer to the kernel, and therefore should be identified as just 
> 'Linux'?  Which would also make it redundant with --kernel-name (-s), 
> IMO.

While I very much agree with you, I'm a bit surprised to hear you
argue this.  The GNU Project seems to be giving you what you've always
wanted: a way for uname to identify what distribution you're using,
distinct from the version of the kernel.

In a way, this is a good thing.  However it will annoy me to no end if
the different distributions do not customize this field to reflect the
distribution in use.

For those with RH 7.3, what version of the sh-utils does it ship with?
Just curious...

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