----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Fleming" To: Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Read version and distro? > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Kevin Buettner wrote: > > > On Nov 15, 4:43pm, Patrick Fleming EA wrote: > > > > > [pat@gw-fw realty]$ cat /proc/version > > > Linux version 2.4.2-2 (root@porky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 2.96 > > > 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-79)) #1 Sun Apr 8 18:47:21 EDT 2001 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lol i think its wrong for the distro to be listed in /proc like that its like redhat are claiming its their kernel i think Linus himself had something similar to say about it. i cant see why they cant be content with the /etc/redhat-version or maybe they should put it in the issues file Nigel > I'm running RedHat 7.1 on this box. > > > > > This is the kernel version. It's true that "redhat" or "Red Hat" > > appears in the above string, but all this really tells you is that the > > kernel in question was built on a Red Hat machine with a Red Hat > > version of gcc. It would (conceivably) be possible to run the kernel > > in question on some other Linux distribution. > > > > Kevin > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >