Subject: Re: compat_linux and uname
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 09/02/1997 11:35:19
Matthias Scheler wrote:
>
> In article <199709020138.VAA19572@istari.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>,
> "Michael C. Richardson" <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> writes:
> > Since most install scripts call "/bin/uname", why not fix it in
> > /emul/linux/bin/uname?
>
> Because it won't help with binary installation programs.
Replace /bin/uname temporarily with
#!/bin/sh
echo "Whichever OS you feel like today"
during the install?
Patrick