Re: Possible bug in uname command

[Alfred M\. Szmidt]

   >    I don't think it will break scripts because legacy operating
   >    systems don't support those options either.
                                            ^^^^^^

   > If you consider GNU a legacy operating system, sure.  Recall, GNU
   > coreutils is for GNU, not non-GNU systems.

   Notice that I said "either".

Noted, sorry that I missed it.

   Does Hurd support the interface to supply 'uname -p' information?
   The implication from reading this is your statement is that it does
   not.  In which case 'uname -p' on GNU Hurd is not useful either.

It doesn't work currently, but there are no reasons why one couldn't
add such support.

   Because basically when dealing with a command as non-portable as
   uname you should take these differences into consideration now
   already.

They are only non-portable across different operating systems (say
OpenBSD vs GNU).  My point is that coreutils main goal is not to be
portable across various operating systems, if `uname -p' outputs
`unknown' on platforms that can't provide that info, then that is
fine.

Cheers.